Legal

The Chilean Supreme Court fined local paper manufacturer CMPC and a division of Sweden's SCA for having colluded for at least a decade in the Chilean tissue and toilet paper market, the Chilean antitrust authority said.

Feldmuehle GmbH has successfully completed the self-administration insolvency proceedings that began at the end of 2018.

Michigan last Tuesday sued 3M, DuPont and other companies for financial damages from contamination caused by potentially harmful "forever" chemicals that are turning up in drinking water across the industrial state.

The state is asking a judge to order Verso Co., owner of the Luke Mill, to put a stop to the pollution and, potentially, to pay civil penalties.

A Delaware judge has temporarily halted arbitration between the DuPont Co. and Chemours as he weighs DuPont's request to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it massively downplayed the cost environmental liabilities imposed on Chemours.

Sources say that two people were shot and killed near the facility and that a suspect is in custody.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised preliminary competition concerns about the merger of United States-based publishers Cengage Learning and McGraw-Hill Education.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled on December 6, 2019, in a case from the Court of Appeal for Ontario that will have an impact on companies and across Northwestern Ontario. The 5-2 majority decision in R. v. Resolute FP Canada Inc. was brought over the mercury pollution that has impacted Grassy Narrows and the Islington First Nations.

One person was killed when the wildfire ravaged an area totalling 14,000 hectares in the central Vastmanland region in 2014.

Northern Pulp and an associated company owe the province more than $85 million.

Two water districts in Long Island, New York have sued 3M Co, E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Co. and the Chemours Co, accusing the chemical makers of contaminating their drinking water supplies with toxic substances.

Quad did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the case.

Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against an ex-finance manager from Weyerhaeuser who is accused of stealing at least $4.5 million from the timber business.

DuPont de Nemours Inc. never intended to saddle its spinoff Chemours Co. with "unlimited exposure" to its liabilities, DuPont's former chief executive officer said.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was investigating whether Liqui-Box's $585 million takeover of the DS Smith business would reduce competition.

Quad/Graphics Inc will pay $9.9 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges it conducted bribery schemes in Peru and China and violated U.S. sanctions by dealing with a Cuban state-owned telecommunications company.

Businessman Gary McGann has lost an appeal against tax treatment on two payments totalling €2.3 million which he claimed were a gift from SmurfitKappa's shareholders during his time as chief executive.

The Town of Fort Frances is trying to seize some heavy equipment belonging to the new owners of the former Resolute Forest Products sawmill in an effort to recover unpaid taxes.

The city's long tax fight with former mill owner Expera took another odd twist last week, with the Board of Property Tax Review apparently reversing itself on a previous decision, setting the stage for more potential legal action.

The UK Competition & Markets Authority said it might be able to clear the acquisition of DS Smith PLC's plastic division by Liqui-Box Corp following the offer of undertakings by Liqui-Box.

An education group seeking to increase access to college textbooks and research materials on Wednesday asked the U.S. government to block the proposed merger of textbook publishers McGraw-Hill Education Inc and Cengage Learning Holdings II Inc.

An education group seeking to increase access to college textbooks and research materials on Wednesday asked the U.S. government to block the proposed merger of textbook publishers McGraw-Hill Education Inc and Cengage Learning Holdings II Inc.

SKG said that it was "very disappointed" with the finding of the Italian Market Competitiveness Protection Authority (AGCM) "on many levels and will vigorously appeal this decision on both administrative and substantive grounds".

The United Steelworkers (USW) union joined with several domestic paper producers in filing a request with the U.S. Department of Commerce to address the circumvention of existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on uncoated paper imports.

Food and drinks suppliers could get a worse deal on their packaging if DS Smith sells part of its business to Liqui-Box, the competition watchdog has found.