June 26, 2019
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.
June 25, 2019
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.
May 07, 2019
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.
April 09, 2019
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."
March 22, 2019
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.
March 01, 2019
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.
February 13, 2019
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.
November 30, 2018
Meat distributor Porky Products asked an Illinois federal judge Thursday not to force it to fulfill lengthy and expensive subpoenas from plaintiffs accusing more than a dozen poultry producers of colluding to keep prices high, saying it is too far down the supply chain and is a nonparty in the litigation.
November 20, 2018
Georgia-based Fieldale Farms has secured a $2.25 million exit from a class of food service distributors' suit surrounding an alleged decadelong industry-wide plot by poultry producers to ratchet up chicken prices, after an Illinois federal judge gave final approval to the settlement.
October 30, 2018
A proposed class of direct purchasers asked an Illinois federal court on Monday to give the final seal of approval to a $2.2 million deal letting Fieldale Farms out of a suit accusing the company and more than a dozen other poultry producers of colluding to keep prices high.