August 26, 2026
An Illinois federal judge struck an October turkey price-fixing trial on Wednesday as he gave his early blessing to the last two settlements resolving direct purchasers' claims in the consolidated litigation.
August 25, 2026
An Illinois federal judge gave his initial blessing Tuesday to an appeal-waiving and cost-saving settlement Perdue Farms and Foster Farms struck with indirect turkey buyers after beating their price-fixing conspiracy claims earlier this year.
August 21, 2026
Butterball LLC has agreed to shell out $34 million to put to rest turkey buyers' claims in sprawling price-fixing litigation, according to a motion filed Friday in Illinois federal court, bringing the long-running battle to an end ahead of a scheduled trial.
August 06, 2026
A Minnesota federal judge on Thursday canceled the looming pork price-fixing trial after the last remaining defendant, Agri Stats, inked settlements in principle with the last remaining plaintiffs.
August 03, 2026
An Illinois federal judge Friday preliminarily signed off on Hormel Foods and Jennie-O's settlement reached with certain buyers' claims in sprawling turkey price-fixing antitrust litigation, while also "strongly" encouraging Butterball to resolve its claims with buyers "to avoid the enormous expenses" in preparing for trial.
July 30, 2026
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday granted preliminary approval to an $18.7 million settlement resolving certain buyers' claims against House of Raeford Farms Inc. and Prestage Farms, the latest deal in sprawling antitrust litigation accusing poultry producers of conspiring to fix turkey prices.
July 08, 2026
An Illinois federal judge handling consolidated turkey price-fixing litigation has teed up two trials against Butterball and two other major producers as he works through a pile of summary judgment challenges from defendants looking to avoid jury trials.
May 21, 2026
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday granted preliminary approval to another deal between Agri Stats Inc. and purchasers to resolve their claims that the company's benchmarking reports helped enable a price-fixing conspiracy among major turkey producers.
April 15, 2026
A federal judge overseeing turkey price-fixing litigation in Illinois gave the initial green light Wednesday to a settlement Agri Stats Inc. struck to end purchasers' accusations that the company's informational reports helped facilitate the allegedly anticompetitive conspiracy, marking the deal's second approval in as many days.
April 14, 2026
An Illinois federal judge refused Friday to let Agri Stats, Tyson Foods and other turkey producers respond to the Justice Department statement of interest weighing in on private price-fixing litigation against them, finding "no need" when the court is already obligated to consider the legal precedent the agency raised.