DIAL CORPORATION v. NEWS CORPORATION

No. 13cv6802.

DIAL CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NEWS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 31, 2016.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 15 U.S.C. § 2
Cause: 15 U.S.C. § 2 Antitrust Litigation
Nature of Suit: 410 Anti - Trust
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dial Corporation, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Philip Taibleson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, pro hac vice.

Dial Corporation, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey L.L.P, Richard W. Hess, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Jonathan Jeffrey Ross, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice, Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC, pro hac vice & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice.

H. J. Heinz Company LP, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Philip Taibleson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, pro hac vice, Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey L.L.P, Richard W. Hess, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, Claudia Pak, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, Dani R. James, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Jonathan Jeffrey Ross, Susman Godfrey LLP, Kurt Michael Denk, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice, Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC, pro hac vice, Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice, Stephen Matthew Sinaiko, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP & Steven Shane Sparling, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP.

Foster Poultry Farms, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Philip Taibleson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, pro hac vice, Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey L.L.P, Richard W. Hess, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Jonathan Jeffrey Ross, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice, Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC, pro hac vice & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice.

BEF Foods Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Philip Taibleson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, pro hac vice, Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey L.L.P, Richard W. Hess, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice, Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC, pro hac vice & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice.

Smithfield Foods Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Philip Taibleson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, pro hac vice, Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey L.L.P, Richard W. Hess, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice, Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC, pro hac vice & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice.

HP Hood LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Philip Taibleson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, pro hac vice, Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey L.L.P, Richard W. Hess, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice, Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC, pro hac vice & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice.

Henkel Consumer Goods, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Philip Taibleson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, pro hac vice, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey L.L.P, Richard W. Hess, Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith & Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C..

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin Philip Taibleson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, pro hac vice, Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey L.L.P, Richard W. Hess, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice & Claudia Pak, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Plaintiff, represented by Dani R. James, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Plaintiff, represented by James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith & Kurt Michael Denk, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Plaintiff, represented by Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Plaintiff, represented by Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC, pro hac vice.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Plaintiff, represented by Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C., pro hac vice.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Plaintiff, represented by Stephen Matthew Sinaiko, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP & Steven Shane Sparling, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP.

News Corporation, Defendant, represented by Daniel Jonathan Kramer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Jane Baek O'Brien, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Sharon L. Schneier, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, William Baly Michael, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Brette Morgan Tannenbaum, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, David F. DuMouchel, Butzel Long, Geoffrey Rogers Chepiga, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Jeffrey John Recher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Joseph E. Richotte, BUTZEL LONG, P.C., Justin Anderson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Mitchell Doron Webber, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Neil Robert Lieberman, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Richard J. Holwell, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg & Timothy A. Macht, Walden Macht & Haran LLP.

News America Incorporated, Defendant, represented by Daniel Jonathan Kramer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Jane Baek O'Brien, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, William Baly Michael, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Brette Morgan Tannenbaum, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, David F. DuMouchel, Butzel Long, Geoffrey Rogers Chepiga, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Jeffrey John Recher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Joseph E. Richotte, BUTZEL LONG, P.C., Justin Anderson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Mitchell Doron Webber, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Neil Robert Lieberman, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Richard J. Holwell, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Sharon L. Schneier, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP & Timothy A. Macht, Walden Macht & Haran LLP.

News America Marketing In-Store Services, L. L. C., Defendant, represented by Daniel Jonathan Kramer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Jane Baek O'Brien, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, William Baly Michael, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Brette Morgan Tannenbaum, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, David F. DuMouchel, Butzel Long, Geoffrey Rogers Chepiga, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Jeffrey John Recher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Joseph E. Richotte, BUTZEL LONG, P.C., Justin Anderson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Neil Robert Lieberman, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Richard J. Holwell, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg & Timothy A. Macht, Walden Macht & Haran LLP.

News America Marketing In Store Services LLC, Defendant, represented by Mitchell Doron Webber, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Neil Robert Lieberman, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Richard J. Holwell, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Sharon L. Schneier, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP & Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

News America Marketing FSI L.L.C., Defendant, represented by Daniel Jonathan Kramer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Jane Baek O'Brien, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, William Baly Michael, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Brette Morgan Tannenbaum, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Geoffrey Rogers Chepiga, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Jeffrey John Recher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Justin Anderson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Mitchell Doron Webber, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Neil Robert Lieberman, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Richard J. Holwell, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Sharon L. Schneier, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Timothy A. Macht, Walden Macht & Haran LLP & Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC, Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C., Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C..

Harland Clarke Holding Corp., Miscellaneous, represented by Glen Garrett McGorty, Crowell & Moring LLP & John Nelson Thomas, Crowell & Moring LLP.

MacAndrews & Forbes Holding Inc. n/k/a MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated, Miscellaneous, represented by Glen Garrett McGorty, Crowell & Moring LLP & John Nelson Thomas, Crowell & Moring LLP.

News America Marketing FSI, Incorporated, Counter Claimant, represented by Jane Baek O'Brien, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, David F. DuMouchel, Butzel Long & Joseph E. Richotte, BUTZEL LONG, P.C..

News Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, David F. DuMouchel, Butzel Long & Joseph E. Richotte, BUTZEL LONG, P.C..

News America Marketing In-Store Services, L. L. C., Counter Claimant, represented by Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, David F. DuMouchel, Butzel Long & Joseph E. Richotte, BUTZEL LONG, P.C..

Dial Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C..

Foster Poultry Farms, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C..

H. J. Heinz Company LP, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C..

News Corporation, Counter Claimant, represented by Jane Baek O'Brien, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, David F. DuMouchel, Butzel Long & Joseph E. Richotte, BUTZEL LONG, P.C..

News America Marketing In Store Services LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

News America Marketing FSI L.L.C., Counter Claimant, represented by Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

News America Incorporated, Counter Claimant, represented by Jane Baek O'Brien, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, David F. DuMouchel, Butzel Long & Joseph E. Richotte, BUTZEL LONG, P.C..

Dial Corporation, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C..

Foster Poultry Farms, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C..

H. J. Heinz Company LP, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel Bruce Goldman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, James T. Southwick, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ryan Vincent Caughey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Steven F. Benz, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, pro hac vice, James Hartmann Smith, McKool Smith, John Christopher Briody, McKool Smith, Lewis Titus LeClair, McKool Smith, P.C., Robert Stephen Berry, Berry Law PLLC & Scott Robert Jacobs, McKool Smith, P.C..


OPINION & ORDER

Plaintiffs The Dial Corporation, Henkel Consumer Goods, Inc., Kraft Heinz Foods Company f/k/a H.J. Heinz Company, Foster Poultry Farms, BEF Foods Inc., Smithfield Foods Inc., and HP Hood LLC (the "Plaintiffs"), representing a class of non-retailer consumer...

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