September 16, 2016
California-based Sea Breeze Salt Inc. and Innofood SA de CV have appealed to the Ninth Circuit a California court's dismissal of their $600 million suit against Mitsubishi and a Mexican government-owned sea salt products company alleging a conspiracy to restrain the export of sea salt.
August 18, 2016
A California federal judge on Thursday threw out a $600 million suit against Mitsubishi Corp. and a Mexican government-owned sea salt products company alleging a conspiracy to restrain the export of sea salt, citing a doctrine that bars U.S. courts from questioning a foreign sovereign's official acts within its own territory.
August 02, 2016
Mitsubishi Corp. has again asked a California court to dismiss a $600 million suit from two salt companies claiming it has a stranglehold on sales from the world's biggest sea salt plant, arguing Monday that the case is in the wrong venue, unproven and, by definition, impossible.
July 11, 2016
Mexican salt company Innofood SA and California-based Sea Breeze Salt Inc. urged a California federal court Friday not to toss their $600 million antitrust suit claiming Mitsubishi Corp. has a stranglehold on sales at the world's largest sea salt plant, saying the complaint more than sufficiently details the conglomerate's alleged conduct.
June 01, 2016
Mitsubishi Corp. urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to toss a $600 million antitrust suit claiming the global conglomerate has a stranglehold over sales at the world's largest sea salt plant, arguing that a U.S. court is an inappropriate forum because proceedings on the issue are already being litigated in two suits in Mexico.
April 07, 2016
Sea Breeze Salt Inc. and its Mexican supplier filed an antitrust lawsuit in California federal court Wednesday, claiming Mitsubishi Corp. has a stranglehold over sales at the world's largest sea salt plant, costing them hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue.