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  1. 2022

    ADM sues Green Plains and former executive

    Lawsuit filed

    In a lawsuit reported in January 2022, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) filed suit against former executive Christopher Osowski and Green Plains. According to the complaint, ADM alleged contractual breaches and misappropriation of trade secrets. These are allegations made in the complaint; the summary does not state any findings, rulings, or outcomes in the matter.

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    • The plaintiff is ultimately claiming that “Osowski has threatened to misappropriate ADM’s trade secrets to compete unfairly with ADM on behalf of Green Plains, including proprietary information relating to the researching process and methodologies.”
    • On Thursday, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) has filed suit against former ADM executive Christopher Osowski and ADM competitor Green Plains, Inc in the Central District of Illinois.
    • since 2017, the defendant has purposefully manipulated the Argo Terminal-based price index to profit off of financial derivative contracts that increased in value as the price of ethanol at the Argo Terminal decreased.
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