Mercury Consortium Adds Members, Keeps Its Antitrust Protections
Published Date: 11/10/2026
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Mercury Consortium, a group working together on research and production, has updated its membership by adding three new companies from the UK, Netherlands, and Australia, while two UK companies have left. These changes help keep special legal protections in place that limit lawsuits to actual damages. This update keeps the group’s work moving smoothly with no impact on money or timing for now.
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