Interference By Samsung Was Not A Violation: Judge

By Nick Brown

Law360, New York (November 18, 2009, 1:34 PM ET) -- A judge has tossed accusations of tortious interference with a business relationship from Assembly Technology Inc., saying the company failed to show that defendant Samsung Techwin Co. Ltd. did not have the right to commit the allegedly interfering acts.

U.S. District Judge Thomas N. O'Neill Jr. of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said in a dismissal order Monday that companies have the right to interfere with competitors' contracts in certain circumstances under Pennsylvania's Second Restatement of Torts, and ATI did not show that Samsung, a Korean...
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