IN RE TURKEY ANTITRUST LITIGATION

  1. July 15, 2021

    Turkey Cos. Say Hagens Berman Can't Shield Price-Fix Probe

    Major turkey producers like Cargill, Butterball and Perdue asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to force Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP to turn over a private investigator's materials backing the firm's price-fixing complaint, arguing attorney work-product privilege doesn't apply to investigations predating any actual client.

  2. May 24, 2021

    Tyson 1st To Settle In Turkey Price-Fix Case With $4.6M Deal

    Tyson will be the first to settle out of dual price-fixing lawsuits against turkey producers, agreeing to pay wholesalers and distributors $4.62 million and provide "meaningful cooperation" against its peers in litigation by the direct purchaser plaintiffs.

  3. November 04, 2020

    Turkey Price-Fix Claims Won't Be Paired With Chicken Case

    An Illinois federal judge has refused to shift a price-fixing proposed class action against turkey producers into the same court where sprawling litigation is moving forward against chicken producers also accused of price-fixing.  

  4. October 20, 2020

    Turkey Cos. Can't Clip Wings Off Poultry Price-Fix Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has allowed price-fixing allegations against two turkey producers to proceed but dismissed claims against Kraft.

  5. January 16, 2020

    Turkey And Chicken Price Suits Can't Flock Together, Cos. Say

    Perdue, Cargill and other turkey producers have said there's no reason antitrust allegations against them must be heard by the same judge overseeing a similar sprawling case over chicken prices.

  6. January 13, 2020

    Turkey Buyers Want Same Judge As Chicken Price-Fixing Suit

    A pair of turkey purchasers suing Perdue, Tyson and other poultry producers for allegedly working together to pad the price of the bird want their allegations to be handled by the Illinois federal judge overseeing a similar sprawling case over chicken prices.