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The jury deadlocked in the case involving trade secrets brought by the Irvine-based company.

Farmworkers weed wine-grape plants. (Jackie Johnston / The Associated Press) FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — The nation’s largest farmworkers union urged a federal judge in California Monday to halt a pending wage freeze for immigrant workers, arguing the Trump administration rushed the contentious plan that could save farmers a combined $167 million annually in labor costs. In a last-minute attempt to prevent the freeze from taking effect on Dec. 21, California-based United Farm Workers accused the ...