( August 6, 2025, 23:50 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Nippon Steel moved to dismiss steel consumers' US amended antitrust claims over the $14.9 billion Nippon Steel-US Steel merger. The plaintiffs failed to establish antitrust standing when they lost on a previous motion to dismiss, and have now failed to cure defects in their amended complaint despite warning their claims would be dismissed with prejudice if not, Nippon said in its motion filed to the Northern District of California. The amended complaint "adds no new claims, no new theories of liability, and no new factual allegations that could save Plaintiffs from dismissal," the filing said.See attached file....
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