( October 31, 2025, 19:34 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: DuraPlas filed an opposition brief over DiversiTech's emergency motion for a protective order, which would quash non-party subpoenas or delay compliance until a federal court decides on its motions to stay and to dismiss Duraplas's US monopolization claims over HVAC/R bases. "To prove its well-pled claims, DuraPlas issued four targeted subpoenas to DiversiTech customers and competitors seeking documents directly tied to DiversiTech’s exclusionary conduct, the market-wide harm it has caused, and the definition of the relevant antitrust market," DuraPlas said in its opposition brief filed in the US Northern District of Texas. DiversiTech's maneuver to quash the subpoenas is "squarely foreclosed" by precedent, and the defendant's actions make clear that it seeks to gain an unfair advantage and "stall the production of damaging documents," the filing said. See attached document:...
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