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IN RE: PROCESSED EGG PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION
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2:08-md-02002
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April 09, 2019
Grocers Drop Ohio Egg Co. From Price-Fixing Case
An Ohio-based egg producer has exited a sprawling multidistrict litigation centered in Pennsylvania federal court dealing with accusations by grocery store chains that farmers artificially raised egg prices by thinning hen populations through an industrywide program.
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September 24, 2018
Grocers Want Egg Producers Kept In Price-Fixing Suit
A group of supermarket chains on Friday urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to keep egg producers in multidistrict litigation for allegedly cutting supplies to jack up prices, invoking decades of antitrust law saying anyone impacted by price-fixing has standing to sue.
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August 17, 2018
Egg Producers Cite 3rd Circ. Ruling In Scramble To Exit MDL
Several egg producers asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday to toss a decade-old egg product price-fixing lawsuit against them, arguing that a recent Third Circuit ruling meant that only direct purchasers could sue the farmers in the multidistrict litigation.
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June 15, 2018
Conspiracy For One, Liability For None In Egg Antitrust MDL
A Pennsylvania federal jury cleared three egg producers in multidistrict litigation alleging they conspired to fix egg prices, finding that only one of the three participated in an antitrust conspiracy and that there was no liability for that participation because it wasn’t an unreasonable restraint of trade.
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June 05, 2018
Egg Farmers' Obscure Defense Cracks In Price-Fixing MDL
A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday that egg producers can't use an obscure 1922 statute that protects farmers from antitrust laws to escape claims in a multidistrict-litigation trial alleging they conspired to fix egg prices, saying the defendants don't qualify for the century-old law's protection.
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May 18, 2018
Egg Producers And Purchasers At Odds In Price-Fixing Trial
Egg suppliers urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to grant them a win in multidistrict litigation that accuses them of conspiring to fix egg prices, saying evidence presented during the ongoing trial does not show they were part of a scheme.
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September 11, 2017
Egg Buyers' Attorneys Want $25M In Price-Fixing MDL
Counsel for a class of direct purchasers of eggs asked a Pennsylvania federal court Friday to award them $24.75 million in attorneys' fees for their role in securing $136 million in settlements over the course of the nine-year antitrust case.
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August 15, 2017
Egg Producers Lose Bid To Decertify Class In Price-Fix MDL
Egg producers on Monday lost in their effort to unravel the certification of a class of direct egg purchasers accusing them of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy, with a Pennsylvania federal judge saying that the companies were mostly rehashing old battles.
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July 07, 2017
National Food, Indirect Buyers Settle In Egg Price-Fix MDL
National Food Corp. and indirect purchasers on Thursday told a Pennsylvania federal court they had resolved allegations that the company participated in a price-fixing conspiracy among egg producers and asked that the claims be dismissed.
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December 08, 2016
Michael Foods Settles Egg Price-Fix MDL For $75M
Packaged goods holding company Post Holdings Inc. will pay $75 million to settle class claims against Michael Foods Inc. from direct purchasers of shell eggs in multidistrict litigation alleging a price-fixing conspiracy, the company announced on Thursday.