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Fraudulent concealment not evidence of illegal agreement, US shipbuilders say

( September 2, 2025, 22:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: General Dynamics, other shipbuilders and specialized consulting and recruiting firms told a Virginia federal judge that a decision reviving engineers' no-poach claims from the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit did not resolve an open question about whether the case should be dismissed due to the lack of a well-pled anticompetitive agreement among the defendants. While the Fourth Circuit found that interviews with industry insiders strengthened the plausibility of the plaintiffs' allegations, the defendants said in a reply brief filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, "those allegations are neither direct evidence of an agreement nor circumstantial evidence of an agreement and plus factors."See attached document....

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