United States of America v. Agri Stats, Inc.
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December 05, 2025
Judge Won't Exit Agri Stats DOJ Case Over Clerk Connection
A Minnesota federal judge refused to recuse himself from a case accusing Agri Stats of helping meat processors exchange sensitive information based on a clerk's past work on related cases, after refusing a similar request in a case over pork prices.
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November 25, 2025
DOJ Fights Bid To Nix Agri Stats Antitrust Case Ahead Of Trial
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Minnesota federal court that Agri Stats has been helping chicken, pork and turkey producers exchange sensitive information for decades, as government enforcers opposed the company's bid to end their information-sharing case ahead of trial.
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September 19, 2025
Agri Stats Looks To Nix DOJ Antitrust Case Ahead Of Trial
Agri Stats is asking a Minnesota federal court to toss the government's antitrust case ahead of trial, arguing that enforcers still lack evidence to support their information-sharing claims despite scrutinizing the agricultural data firm's industry reports for more than a decade.
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September 05, 2025
DOJ Defends Expert Who Says Agri Stats Helps Hike Prices
The U.S. Department of Justice pushed back on Agri Stats' efforts to strike key testimony from an economist backing Minnesota federal court allegations that turkey, chicken and pork producers "use Agri Stats information to raise prices on customers," arguing the company made "fundamental mistakes" about the analysis.
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June 04, 2025
DOJ Won't Have To Give Agri Stats Specific Data Fields
A Minnesota federal court refused to force the U.S. Department of Justice to identify specific data fields in industry reports produced by Agri Stats that allegedly allow meat processors to share sensitive information, finding the case is not centered on individual data points.
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May 27, 2025
DOJ Pushes Back Against Agri Stats Recusal Bid
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Minnesota federal judge Friday there is no reason to recuse himself from a case accusing Agri Stats of helping meat processors exchange sensitive information because the clerk who allegedly created a conflict is not working on the case.
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May 05, 2025
Agri Stats Wants Judge Recused From DOJ Case
Agri Stats asked the Minnesota federal judge overseeing the government's case accusing the data firm of helping meat processors exchange sensitive information to recuse himself because one of his law clerks previously worked on the case for one of the state enforcers.
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April 07, 2025
Agri Stats Pushes Back Against DOJ Doc Bid In Antitrust Case
Agri Stats Inc. has told a Minnesota federal court that a U.S. Department of Justice motion seeking documents is just an effort to delay the government's case accusing the data firm of helping chicken, pork and turkey producers share competitively sensitive information.
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March 28, 2025
DOJ Alleges Missing Docs In Agri Stats Price-Fixing Case
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a Minnesota federal judge to force Agri Stats Inc. to produce more information in a case alleging the company's industry reports facilitate price-fixing by chicken, pork and turkey producers, raising concerns over widespread discovery failures and "facially unsupported privilege claims."
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March 19, 2025
DOJ Defends Rejection Of Agri Stats Bid For Data Points
The U.S. Department of Justice is defending a decision in Minnesota federal court denying a bid from Agri Stats Inc. to make enforcers identify specific data fields in company reports that allegedly allow chicken, pork and turkey producers to share competitively sensitive information.