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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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."

  8. 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.

  9. November 03, 2017

    Tyson Calls Chicken Price-Fixing Suit 'Bare Bones'

    Tyson Foods Inc. on Friday urged an Illinois federal judge to toss an antitrust lawsuit over broiler chickens originally brought in Florida, describing the purported chicken price-fixing conspiracy alleged by Chicken Kitchen USA LLC as "bare bones" and without a legal claim.

  10. September 29, 2017

    Chicken Cos. Must Hand Over Fla. AG Docs In Antitrust Suit

    An Illinois magistrate judge on Thursday ordered poultry producers to turn over certain documents related to an investigation by the Florida attorney general’s office in a lawsuit over alleged antitrust and price-index-fixing concerns, but stopped short of requiring expanded disclosure of information and communications with the agency.