December 20, 2021
An Illinois federal judge Monday gave a final signoff to settlements totaling $181 million that six chicken producers have agreed to pay to resolve claims that they conspired to fix the price of broiler chicken.
December 02, 2021
An Illinois federal judge has awarded more than $55 million in fees to class counsel who've settled direct purchasers' chicken price-fixing claims against some major producers including Tyson Foods Inc., applauding their "exemplary" performance in a case they pursued without full confidence they'd succeed.
November 02, 2021
A member of a class action of consumers who brought price-fixing claims against broiler-chicken producers told an Illinois federal court that their attorneys' request for $68 million for their work in the suit is inflated by $3 million and should be rejected.
October 28, 2021
Attorneys who've inked $181 million in settlements to resolve consumer price-fixing claims against broiler-chicken producers including Tyson Foods urged an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to award them $68 million in fees and expenses, their first payment after working the case for several years.
October 18, 2021
Tyson Foods Inc. on Monday reached an agreement with Kroger, a handful of grocers and other food companies to settle part of a massive price-fixing litigation accusing multiple major chicken producers of conspiring with one another to fix the price of broiler chicken.
October 15, 2021
An Illinois federal judge granted early approval Friday to three settlements totaling $93.5 million that commercial and institutional indirect purchasers reached with Tyson Foods Inc., Pilgrim's Pride Corp. and Mar-Jac Poultry Inc. to settle claims they conspired with competitors to fix the price of broiler chicken.
October 01, 2021
Commercial and institutional indirect purchasers reached three settlements totaling $93.5 million with Tyson Chicken, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation and Mar-Jac Poultry, which were among the poultry giants that have been accused of engaging in a years-long scheme to fix chicken prices.
September 17, 2021
A group of consumers asked an Illinois federal judge Friday to grant an initial sign-off to a nearly $8 million deal with Mar-Jac Poultry and a $3.3 million deal with Harrison Poultry to resolve claims that the companies engaged in a years-long scheme to fix chicken prices.
August 16, 2021
McDonald's Corp. filed suit against poultry producers Monday, telling an Illinois federal court that it intends to join sprawling litigation over an allegedly multipronged, years-long scheme to fix chicken prices.
August 06, 2021
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. has agreed to pay consumers $75.5 million to settle claims it conspired with competitors to fix the price of broiler chicken, the company's latest deal in sweeping litigation filed in Illinois federal court over the alleged long-running scheme.