Hammermill readies its Icahn defenses.

The article reports on the Erie, Pennsylvania-based firm Hammermill Paper Co., which is involved in a lawsuit over the plan to merge it to other company. Hammermill president Albert F. Duval is rejecting the move by New York-based arbitrageur Carl C. Icahn and his group to force the company into a merger. Icahn's group has acquired a 10.5% stake in the firm for 20.2 million dollars with a sole aim to force the company into a merger.