Provi and SGWS Reach “Agreement in Principle” to Settle Antitrust Suit

Dear Client: Today Provi and Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits filed a joint notice and request for partial stay of discovery in the antitrust lawsuit Provi filed against both SGWS and Republic National Distributing Co.  You'll recall Provi filed suit against the two distributors in March 2022, alleging they violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by conspiring together and separately "to boycott, disparage and tortiously interfere with Provi's business," per complaint [see WSD 03-30-2022].  The case has been slow moving, but