Major magazine publishers and distributors have spent years unsuccessfully trying to dodge claims that they conspired to drive the magazine wholesaler Anderson News out of business. Now they want to take the offensive against Anderson with antitrust counterclaims of their own.

Plaintiffs lawyers in a consumer mass tort over Bisphenol-A in baby bottles and toddler "sippy" cups failed to win certification of multi-state classes last summer, and now they've struck out in their attempt to certify a class of Missouri purchasers.