A multi-year espionage campaign is described, with DuPont’s “stronger than steel” synthetic fiber at the center.
Five individuals and five companies are charged with stealing production methods of a chemical invented by DuPont that is used in paints, papers and plastics.
Antitrust stories we’re reading Wednesday: Problems for Google, IBM, and Monsanto.
Antitrust stories from around the Web that we’re reading Monday.
The backdrop of the workshop is an antitrust battle between two huge seed companies, Monsanto and DuPont. UPDATED 3:45 p.m.
The ruling was only a partial victory because, as the court indicated, Monsanto still faces allegations of antitrust violations.
Monsanto Company announced this morning it received a request for information about its soybean trait business.
Dupont likened its rival to Intel Corp., and cited the FTC’s case against the chip maker to argue for antitrust action against Monsanto.
Lester Shubin, who discovered that Kevlar material originally intended for use on tires could also stop bullets, died at his Fairfax County home last week.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Philip J. Weiser told a group of farmers that antitrust regulators are taking a hard look at the level of competition in several agribusiness sectors.
Washington lawyer Hank Schuelke has sparred with Edward Bennett Williams, represented Bert Lance and investigated then-Sen. Alfonse D’Amato. Now he’s probing the Justice Department team behind the botched Sen. Ted Stevens case.
"Are you saying there was no paper trail here?" - Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) to AG Eric Holder about his undocumented recusal in the Associated Press leak probe.
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