IN RE TURKEY ANTITRUST LITIGATION

  1. October 09, 2024

    Turkey Buyers Cite DOJ's Intervention In Pork Case

    Meat buyers pursuing an antitrust class action against the biggest names in the turkey industry are pointing to the U.S. Department of Justice's recent filing in a separate pork purchasers suit to support their class certification motion.

  2. August 19, 2024

    Aramark Gets Green Light For Solo Turkey Antitrust Case

    An Illinois federal judge has refused to dismiss Aramark's individual antitrust lawsuit alleging that turkey producers exchanged competitively sensitive information, rejecting arguments that the claims were untimely because the statute of limitations was tolled by the filing of a similar class action in 2019.

  3. April 29, 2024

    Turkey Cos. Seek Swift Appeal Of Burford's Ability To Sue

    Some of the country's largest turkey producers have asked an Illinois federal court for permission to immediately appeal a March ruling that allows a Burford Capital investment unit to pursue price-fixing allegations against them, arguing the Seventh Circuit should weigh in on whether the investor is permitted to bring such a claim.

  4. March 29, 2024

    'Antiquated' Doctrine Can't Cut Burford Unit From Turkey Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has refused to block a Burford Capital investment unit from pursuing price-fixing allegations in a consolidated case against major turkey producers, saying federal law largely no longer recognizes the "antiquated" doctrine the producers cited to invalidate the claim.

  5. March 04, 2024

    Turkey Cos., Burford Unit Fight Over Refused Swap's Meaning

    Turkey giants like Cargill, Perdue and Tyson trying to evade price-fixing allegations traded blows Friday in Illinois federal court with a Burford Capital affiliate over the meaning of a federal magistrate judge's ruling in separate litigation refusing to let a different Burford affiliate swap in as a plaintiff.

  6. January 29, 2024

    Turkey Giants Look To Defeat Buyers' Cert. Bid In Illinois

    Butterball, Hormel, Perdue and other poultry producers fighting price-fixing claims in Illinois have argued the litigation's direct purchasers shouldn't receive class treatment because too many variables impact turkey prices for common evidence to support their claims.

  7. November 21, 2022

    Turkey Producers Can't Duck Antitrust Claims

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss multidistrict litigation over alleged turkey price-fixing, saying that when the allegations are considered as a whole, both direct and indirect poultry buyers have done enough at this stage to give rise to an inference of a conspiracy.

  8. October 21, 2022

    Judge Wants Junior Attys Only For Turkey Discovery Hearing

    An Illinois federal judge told firms involved in an evidentiary hearing that's part of multidistrict litigation over alleged turkey price-fixing that he explicitly wants junior attorneys to participate, converting it from a telephone hearing as a result.

  9. March 17, 2022

    Kroger Fights Butterball's Turkey Price-Fix Subpoena

    Grocery giant Kroger Co. told an Illinois federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of turkey products that Butterball is asking for overly burdensome information about the grocer's turkey purchases going back nearly two decades.

  10. February 07, 2022

    Tyson's $4.6M Direct Turkey Buyer Deal Gets Final OK

    An Illinois federal judge has approved Tyson Foods Inc.'s $4.62 million deal to resolve price-fixing claims brought by a class of direct turkey purchasers, which include wholesalers and distributors, marking the first settlement in sprawling antitrust litigation against major bird producers.