Wholesalers look to revive US Five-Hour Energy price-discrimination case
( October 20, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Wholesalers asked a US appeals court to revive their US price-discrimination case against Living Essentials and Innovation Ventures’ over the energy drink Five-Hour Energy, saying the lower court applied an overly burdensome standard. “Absent the district court' s legally erroneous competitive-harm requirement, the factual findings in this case establish a section 2(d) violation that resulted in a threatened or actual antitrust injury,” they said. See attached file. ...
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