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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. November 30, 2018

    Distributor Fights Subpoena Bid In Poultry Price-Fixing Suit

    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.

  4. November 20, 2018

    Producer's $2.3M Exit From Poultry Price-Fix Suit OK'd

    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.

  5. October 30, 2018

    Producer Exits Chicken Price-Fixing Suit With $2.2M Deal

    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.

  6. September 17, 2018

    Chicken Price-Fixing Suit Gets Plucked From Kan.

    A major cooperative food wholesaler will have to litigate its price-fixing allegations against Tyson, Perdue and several other broiler chicken producers alongside the roughly 20 other lawsuits currently pending against the companies in Illinois after a federal judge agreed to allow the defendants to fly the Kansas coop.

  7. July 18, 2018

    Poultry Buyers Can't See Extra Email Docs In Price-Fixing Suit

    Koch Foods Inc., Tyson Foods Inc. and Mountaire Farms dodged chicken buyers' bid to see at least 50,000 email attachments on top of their discovery production in a proposed class action against major producers after an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday there's no reason to "rewrite" the deal they negotiated nearly two years ago.

  8. July 05, 2018

    Koch Foods Slams Chicken Buyers' Bid For 50K Docs

    Koch Foods Inc. asked an Illinois federal court on Thursday to deny a bid by chicken buyers to compel production of as many as 50,000 email attachments in antitrust litigation against poultry producers, arguing that providing the documents would impose an undue burden on the company.

  9. January 31, 2018

    Peco Stuck With Broiler Chicken Price-Fixing Suit For Now

    An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to rethink his decision keeping Peco Foods tied to a major antitrust lawsuit brought by three classes of consumers alleging it and other poultry producers conspired to fix prices of broiler chickens, though the judge acknowledged the allegations "are thin."

  10. November 21, 2017

    Chicken Cos. Must Face Broiler Chicken Price-Fixing Suit

    The nation's largest poultry producers must face most claims in a major antitrust lawsuit brought by three classes of consumers alleging the companies conspired to fix prices of broiler chickens, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday.