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IN RE: PROCESSED EGG PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:08-md-02002

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutes: Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

GENE E.K. PRATTER

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  1. November 22, 2016

    No Quick Appeal Warranted In Egg Price-Fix MDL, Buyers Say

    It would be wholly improper to grant an interlocutory appeal of a September decision by a Pennsylvania federal court denying summary judgment to producers in a suit alleging a conspiracy to inflate egg prices, purchasers said Monday.

  2. October 27, 2016

    Michael Foods Wants Quick Appeal In Egg Price-Fix MDL

    Michael Foods has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to certify its bid to appeal a September decision denying summary judgment in a suit alleging a conspiracy to inflate egg prices, saying the decision conflicts with established precedent.

  3. October 04, 2016

    Kraft Appeals Dismissal In Egg Price-Fix MDL To 3rd Circ.

    Kraft Foods and other purchasers of egg products on Tuesday asked the Third Circuit to review a Pennsylvania federal court's dismissal of their claims against egg producers in multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy by the producers to inflate egg prices.

  4. September 29, 2016

    Egg Producers Can't Crack Price-Fixing Conspiracy MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge Wednesday denied Michael Foods Inc. and three other egg producers' bid to escape a suit alleging a conspiracy to inflate egg prices, saying purchasers put forth sufficient evidence to show the producers may have participated in an illegal conspiracy

  5. September 07, 2016

    Egg Product Claims Dismissed In Price-Fixing MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday dismissed claims from purchasers of products containing eggs in multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy by producers to inflate egg prices, saying the buyers did not show that the producers reaped ill-gotten gains from the products.

  6. September 02, 2016

    Economist's Testimony Admitted In Egg-Buyer Antitrust MDL

    The expert testimony of an economist who could challenge claims and theories posed by groups of multidistrict litigation purchasers alleging a conspiracy by egg producers to inflate the price of eggs is admissible, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday, saying that any dispute over his claims can be challenged on cross-examination.

  7. August 31, 2016

    Egg Buyers Fail To Crack Expert Testimony In Antitrust MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday declined to exclude the testimony and opinions of an animal welfare expert in multidistrict litigation in which several types of purchasers allege a conspiracy by egg producers to inflate the price of eggs.

  8. July 06, 2016

    Egg Buyers Get $3M For Expenses In Antitrust Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday signed off on requests to reimburse direct purchasers roughly $3 million for legal expenses tied to their multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy to inflate the price of eggs, as well as $225,000 in incentive awards.

  9. April 05, 2016

    Egg Buyers Don't Prove Liability In Antitrust Suit, Judge Told

    Several egg producers and an egg trade advocacy group on Monday asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to toss the damage claims brought by direct purchasers of egg products in multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy to inflate the price of eggs, arguing the purchasers can't prove where the eggs came from.

  10. February 23, 2016

    2 Former Egg Producers Duck Some Price-Fixing MDL Claims

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday agreed to partially drop two former egg producers from multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to inflate the price of eggs, finding that federal antitrust laws no longer applied because the two had sold their egg businesses.

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