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Chicken Cos. Object To Sysco-Burford Swap In Price-Fix Suits

By Ryan Boysen ( July 13, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT) -- The nation's largest chicken producers are crying foul over food distributor Sysco's attempt to let litigation funder Burford Capital take over a sprawling series of poultry price-fixing lawsuits, saying the move smacks of "invalid champerty" — the ancient legal doctrine that bars the purchase of civil claims by "strangers. ". . .

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