On September 8, 2009
Valassis v. NAM Federal Trial Set for February; Judge Denies Pretrial Motions
Valassis and News America Marketing are set to enter a federal court trial over the former’s claims that NAM illegally monopolized the supermarket advertising business in February, a source tells BNET. Separately, the two sides have entered mediation in their California state court case, suggesting that the federal trial will take place before the California case is heard. The mediation is not a sign that the two sides are eager to settle, it is believed. The parties agreed on a mediator at the behest of the judge in the case. Previously, it was assumed by some that Valassis had hoped that federal trial would come after the California case. That would put Valassis lawyers in the position of entering the…
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