July 19, 2021
Valassis Communications Inc. has settled its $200 million suit claiming rival retail marketer News Corp. unlawfully monopolized the multibillion-dollar market for in-store promotions, the companies said Monday after a Manhattan federal jury failed to reach a verdict.
July 16, 2021
A Manhattan federal jury struggled Friday to decide if News Corp. unlawfully kept Valassis Communications Inc. from competing in the market for in-store retail promotions, indicating during a third day of deliberations that it was at an impasse in the potential $200 million damages case.
July 14, 2021
A Manhattan federal jury mulled Wednesday whether to award retail marketer Valassis Communications Inc. up to $209 million on its claims that rival News Corp. successfully schemed to keep it out of the market for in-store coupons and promotions.
June 29, 2021
Counsel for retail marketer Valassis Communications Inc. told a New York City federal jury Tuesday in a $200 million antitrust trial that alleged "monopolist" News Corp. schemed to keep it out of the market for in-store coupons, driving it out by 2013.
February 21, 2019
Valassis Communications Inc. can continue a $1.1 billion antitrust action against News Corp. over alleged anticompetitive activities in the in-store promotion sector, but it can't pursue claims that its rival's pricing practices were predatory, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday.