March 14, 2017
A Manhattan judge signed off Monday on the payout of $250 million for a settlement a class of major consumer goods makers inked with News Corp. over its alleged monopolization of in-store advertising.
October 31, 2016
Susman Godfrey LLP and other plaintiffs' firms that pursued an antitrust class action against News Corp. had their fee request slashed by a third Monday as a New York federal judge approved a $244 million settlement but called the fee arrangement "byzantine and exquisite."
September 21, 2016
An irate U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III on Wednesday pilloried lawyers who asked for $73.2 million in fees after a $244 million class action against News Corp., accusing them of doing a "runaround" and defying his order to divide the labor.
July 13, 2016
Attorneys for consumer product makers such as Dial and Heinz asked a New York federal judge Wednesday for $73.2 million in fees after reaching a $244 million settlement in a class action accusing News Corp. of monopolizing the market for third-party, in-store promotions.
June 02, 2016
A New York federal judge on Thursday approved a $244 million settlement in a class action in which consumer product makers such as Dial and Heinz accused News Corp. of monopolizing the market for third-party, retail store promotions, one day after the judge demanded that changes be made to the deal.
June 01, 2016
The New York federal judge who had a settlement sprung on him as arguments began at a jury trial in which consumer product makers such as Dial and Heinz accused News Corp. of monopolizing the market for third-party, retail store promotions on Wednesday refused to sign off on their proposed $244 million deal until changes are made.
February 29, 2016
As a trial opened Monday News Corp. agreed to pay $244 million to consumer-product makers like Dial and Heinz to settle claims that it monopolized the U.S. market for third-party, in-store promotions — a deal Manhattan U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III forced the media giant to detail in open court.
February 24, 2016
News Corp. told a New York federal judge Wednesday that it reached settlement agreements with General Mills, a unit of Johnson & Johnson and other consumer goods companies in an antitrust class action accusing the media conglomerate of monopolizing the market for third-party, in-store promotions.
January 15, 2016
A New York federal judge on Friday refused to throw out Dial and Heinz's class action accusing News Corp. of monopolizing the market for third-party in-store promotions, saying allegations that the media conglomerate entered anti-competitive contracts with retailers should go to a jury.
November 24, 2015
An attorney for News Corp. on Tuesday pressed a New York federal judge to toss a class action suit by consumer goods companies including Heinz and Dial alleging it monopolizes the market for third party, in-store promotions, saying the media giant is simply better than competitors at securing deals with retailers.