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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

1:16-cv-08637

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

791(Labor: E.R.I.S.A.)

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Honorable Thomas M. Durkin

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  1. September 10, 2019

    DOJ Subpoenas Sanderson Farms In Chicken Price-Fix Probe

    Sanderson Farms, one of the major poultry producers facing a price-fixing conspiracy lawsuit, disclosed Monday that it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the agency's own investigation into the alleged conspiracy.

  2. August 05, 2019

    DOJ Subpoenas Tyson Amid Chicken Industry Antitrust Probe

    The U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed Tyson Foods Inc. seeking information related to the chicken industry, related to a probe into potentially anti-competitive conduct, Tyson announced in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Monday.

  3. June 27, 2019

    DOJ Gets 3 Mos. Discovery Stay In Chicken Price-Fixing Suit

    An Illinois federal judge said Thursday the U.S. Department of Justice can intervene in a massive chicken price-fixing suit, but is giving the government only a limited three-month discovery stay so the case isn't unnecessarily delayed.

  4. June 26, 2019

    Parties OK DOJ Intervention, Iffy On Stay In Chicken Price Suit

    A group of direct broiler chicken purchasers and the producers it accuses of fixing chicken prices agreed with the government's request to intervene in their case Wednesday, but the purchasers asked an Illinois federal judge not to pause discovery.

  5. June 25, 2019

    DOJ Probing Chicken Industry For Anti-Competitive Conduct

    The U.S. Department of Justice revealed last week that it is investigating potential anti-competitive conduct in the chicken industry, asking an Illinois federal court for permission to weigh in on private litigation against Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride and several other poultry producers.

  6. May 07, 2019

    Distributor Must Hand Over Docs In Poultry Price-Fixing Suit

    An Illinois federal court said a meat distributor was being "hyperbolic" when it complained about complying with subpoenas the company characterized as lengthy and excessive, and rejected a bid to quash them.

  7. April 09, 2019

    Perdue Blasts Witness Coaching Claims As 'Manufactured'

    Perdue Farms hit back against a bid for attorney sanctions over alleged witness coaching and overzealous objections in a deposition of its director in a price-fixing suit, saying that the poultry buyers' motion was a "sideshow" and a "manufactured dispute."

  8. March 22, 2019

    Perdue Coached Witness In Poultry Price-Fix Suit, Buyers Say

    Perdue Farms should be sanctioned after its attorney interrupted the deposition of the poultry company's director of live production some 200 times and conferred with him during breaks, chicken buyers have told an Illinois federal court.

  9. March 01, 2019

    Eli Lilly Subsidiary Must Face Chicken Price-Fixing Row

    An Eli Lilly & Co. subsidiary can't dodge litigation brought by chicken meat purchasers that have accused producers of a vast price-fixing conspiracy conducted in part with the information provided by the subsidiary, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

  10. February 13, 2019

    Poultry Co. To Cough Up $1.4M, Cooperate In Price-Fix Case

    Georgia-based Fieldale Farms Corp. received early approval for a settlement Wednesday that would see it fork over $1.4 million and provide information to assist broiler chicken buyers as they pursue claims that manufacturers conspired for decades to drive up chicken prices.