Online alcohol marketplace Provi's lawsuit against major alcohol distributors is over after an Illinois federal judge entered judgment following the completion of a second settlement resolving claims that Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits LLC conspired with Republic National Distributing Co. LLC to shut it out of the market.

Provi, known on paper as Tiz Inc., reached a deal in principle with Southern Glazer's in early April. But it finalized its deal with Republic first. After U.S. District Judge Franklin U. Valderrama dismissed Republic under a July settlement, that left it up to Provi and Southern Glazer's to finalize the terms of their agreement, which they did Oct. 14. The parties did not disclose the terms of either settlement.

Judge Valderrama accepted the new settlement and entered judgment Sunday, closing out the case that had named both distributors.

Counsel for Provi and Southern Glazer's did not immediately respond Tuesday to requests for comment.

Provi said in its March 2022 lawsuit that it modernized the industry by offering all licensed alcohol distributors and retailers a single place to browse and buy all available products, not just those of a particular distributor. When a customer places an order, Provi then communicates the order to all the different parties for fulfillment.

Southern Glazer's and RNDC used its platform to fulfill more than 120,000 alcohol orders totaling nearly $200 million in revenue between 2016 and 2021 before they began seeing the growing platform as a threat to their market power, according to Provi's suit.

After releasing their own internet marketplaces, they "nearly simultaneously" announced they would no longer work with Provi and would stop accepting orders from retailers through that marketplace, even blocking emails from Provi so that orders would go unfulfilled, despite complaints from national retailers like Red Robin, Provi alleged.

The online marketplace had alleged that the distributors' conduct led to increased prices, stifled innovation and reduced output. The alleged conspiracy also harmed competition "in key markets that otherwise could revolutionize the sale and marketing of spirits and wine in the United States," Provi said.

Provi is represented by Harry P. Susman, Alex Kaplan, Richard W. Hess, Jerry Klaristenfeld, Jillian Hewitt, Emily M. Portuguese and Kalpana Srinivasan of Susman Godfrey LLP, Megan Cunniff Church of MoloLamken LLP and David D. Cross of Goodwin Procter LLP.

Southern Glazer's is represented by Kaitlyn Coverstone, Craig S. Primis, K. Ross Powell and Catie Ventura of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Republic is represented by Richard S. Krumholz, Preston Glasscock, Robin D. Adelstein, Eliot F. Turner and Abraham Chang of Norton Rose Fulbright and Jeffery Moore Cross and Lillian Grappe Lamphere of Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP.

The case Tiz Inc. v. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits LLC et al., case number 1:22-cv-01648, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.