January 12, 2021
Tyson Foods, which is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice on a criminal investigation into potential price fixing in the broiler chicken industry, has settled claims from a group of buyers in a long-running private case with similar allegations.
January 11, 2021
Pilgrim's Pride on Monday became the largest chicken producer yet to settle out of part of a massive price-fixing case in Illinois federal court that's also targeted the likes of Tyson Foods and Perdue.
January 03, 2021
U.S. technology companies are facing a mountain of antitrust litigation heading into 2021, as enforcers push blockbuster monopolization cases against Google and Facebook. Meanwhile, long-running criminal probes in the generic drug and poultry industries are heating up. Here’s a look at the biggest antitrust conduct cases to watch.
September 01, 2020
Three poultry producers gave their nod of approval Monday to more than $13 million in settlements to resolve antitrust claims against them in Illinois federal court by a group of indirect buyers in price-fixing litigation over chicken prices.
July 09, 2020
An Illinois federal judge gave his preliminary approval to a $2.95 million settlement on Thursday between poultry producer Amick Farms LLC and a group of indirect buyers as part of litigation over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy for chicken.
May 28, 2020
Chicken producers facing allegations of a sweeping price-fixing conspiracy have pushed back on poultry buyers' bid to get some depositions back underway, arguing they can't adequately prepare witnesses while straining to brace a food supply chain rocked by the pandemic.
December 12, 2019
Three poultry producers agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle price-fixing claims in antitrust litigation over chicken prices, with a group of buyers urging an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to sign off on the deal.
December 09, 2019
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.
September 25, 2019
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.
September 10, 2019
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.