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Insignia v News Set for December 2010 Trial
Trial in the Insignia v. News America Marketing lawsuit has been scheduled for December 6, 2010. A settlement conference was held on April 12, 2010, but no settlement was reached. The Court held a...
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Floorgraphics Motion to Reopen Case Is Denied
The Court denied Floorgraphics' request to reopen their case against News America Marketing under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b).After learning about the strong evidence provided by News America to Valassis in...
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Congress Renews ACPERA, Requires Study of Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards...
Congress passed legislation last week extending the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act ("ACPERA") until June 2020, and requiring that the U.S. Government Accountability Office...
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Floorgraphics Appeals Denial of Motion to Reopen Case
After the trial court denied its motion to reopen its case after a $29.5 million settlement, Floorgraphics has filed a notice of appeal, asking the Third Circuit to reverse the trial court's ruling,...
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Packaged Ice Class Action Survives Motion to Dismiss
On July 1, a federal court denied defendants Reddy Ice and Arctic Glacier's motion to dismiss a direct purchaser class action antitrust lawsuit, allowing plaintiffs to proceed with the case alleging a...
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Court Allows Plaintiffs to Carry On With Lawsuit Alleging Collusion on First...
The Federal District Court in Atlanta issued an order today denying a request by Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the two airlines of conspiring...
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California Grocery Chains’ Profit-Sharing Agreement During 2003 Strike...
On August 17, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a profit-sharing agreement between Vons, Albertson's, Ralphs, and Food 4 Less violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act as an unreasonable...
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Court Unseals Documents Related to Lawsuit on Behalf of Consumers Seeking...
On August 20, 2010, the Court overseeing In re Delta / AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2089 (N.D. Ga.) unsealed a number of documents that had been produced by defendants in discovery in...
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Delta and AirTran Argue That Imposition of Bag Fees Caused Reduction in Fares
In an ongoing antitrust lawsuit over alleged collusion to charge first bag fees, Defendants Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways recently filed briefs in opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for class...
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Insignia v. News Trial Rescheduled for Feb. 7, 2011
Trial in the Insignia v. News America Marketing case has been rescheduled to begin February 7, 2011. A settlement conference is scheduled for January 25, 2011.Motions are currently pending to exclude...
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Insignia Systems v. News America Marketing Trial Begins
Jury selection began Monday in Insignia Systems v. News America Marketing, No. 04-4213 (D. Minn.). Insignia Systems is seeking over $200 million in damages (before trebling). (BNET). Insignia Systems...
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Insignia Settles with News America Marketing for $125 Million
Insignia entered into a settlement agreement today with News America Marketing for $125 million. The parties also agreed to a 10-year exclusive agreement related to price-based shelf signs. The...
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Third Circuit Denies Floorgraphics' Request to Reopen Lawsuit Against News...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied Floorgraphics' appeal of an order denying its request to reopen its case against News America Marketing.After News America had settled with...
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Insignia Releases Copy of Settlement Agreement with News America
In its most recent quarterly SEC filing, Insignia Systems included a copy of its February 9, 2011 settlement agreement with News America Marketing, in which the parties settled claims of...
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Eleventh Circuit Reverses Judgment Against News America Whistleblower
On June 8, 2011, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal reversed a trial court's entry of summary judgment for breach of contract against Robert Emmel, a whistleblower who provided evidence of News...
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GAO Report Supports Antitrust Whistleblower Protection
In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) found wide support for legislation to protect antitrust whistleblowers from retaliation. Specifically, the report states that “all key...
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Update on Chocolate Price Fixing Litigation
I recently received an inquiry about the status of the chocolate price-fixing litigation, In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation, No. 08-MDL-1935.Background - In late 2007, it was revealed...
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Discovery Sanctions Ordered Against Delta Air Lines
On Friday, the Northern District of Georgia ordered that sanctions be imposed against Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) for its discovery misconduct, awarding Plaintiffs certain fees and expenses related...
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Dial Corp. Sues News America Marketing for Monopolization and Tying
Last week, Dial Corporation filed suit against News America Marketing for monopolizing the market for in-store advertising and free-standing inserts (“FSIs”) and engaging in unlawful tying in violation...
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Advertisers Expanding Case Against News America to Become a Class Action
An antitrust lawsuit brought by Dial Corporation and Heinz against News America Marketing is being expanded to include as Plaintiffs a proposed class of all domestic entities that purchased in-store...
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Pension Fund Files Derivative Suit Related News America Marketing’s...
On June 7, a pension fund filed a derivative suit against News Corp and its top executives for breach of fiduciary duty, and against the executives for waste of corporate assets and unjust enrichment....
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Canadians Indict Chocolate Companies for Price-Fixing After Lengthy...
Criminal price-fixing charges were recently filed against Canadian affiliates of Nestle and Mars, a network of wholesale distributors, and three individuals, alleging that they conspired to fix...
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Court Declares That Floorgraphics Cannot Pursue Fraud Claim Against News America
A federal court issued a declaratory judgment last week finding that Floorgraphics’ 2009 settlement with News America Marketing precludes Floorgraphics from pursuing fraud claims against News America...
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Retailer Challenges Clorox’s “Club Pack” Policy as Robinson-Patman Violation
Woodman’s Food Market, Inc. recently filed a lawsuit against The Clorox Company, alleging that Clorox’s policy of no longer selling “large pack” – a.k.a. “club pack” – products outside of...
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Advertiser Class Action Against News Corp Related to In-Store Advertising...
A class action lawsuit filed by Dial Corporation against News Corporation has survived multiple procedural hurdles and appears to be headed for trial on February 29.On June 18, 2015, Dial won a motion...
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