SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Defense to stop enforcing a legal code that prohibits the department from contracting with any entity that retains the same lobbyists as companies designated “Chinese military companies.”
U.S. District Judge Eumi Lee granted a preliminary injunction motion on Monday for the large Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group, enjoining the department from barring Alibaba from employing lobbyists to further its interests in Washington, lobbyists who may also do business with designated companies.
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