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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

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. December 09, 2019

    Chicken Co. Dodges Winn-Dixie's Suit After Price-Fix Deal

    Supermarket chain Winn-Dixie and an affiliate can't bring their own lawsuit against a broiler chicken producer in a massive price-fixing suit because that producer has already settled claims lobbed by direct purchasers, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.

  2. September 25, 2019

    Chicken Price-Fix Depos Remain On Hold Amid DOJ Probe

    Parties involved in a massive broiler chicken price-fixing antitrust suit must push back depositions that had been scheduled for the fall, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday, deciding to extend a limited discovery stay to allow a parallel criminal investigation to progress. 

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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."

  10. 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.