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IN RE: PROCESSED EGG PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION
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February 03, 2016
Shell Egg Purchasers Granted Cert. In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of shell egg purchasers in multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to inflate the price of eggs, naming a set of class representatives and selecting attorneys from four firms as class counsel.
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November 20, 2015
Ex-Egg Producer Fights Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
A company accused in multidistrict litigation of taking part in a conspiracy to inflate the price of eggs told a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday that consumers pursuing class certification for an injunction should be denied because the company doesn't even sell eggs anymore.
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September 21, 2015
Direct Buyers Win Partial Cert. In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
A Pennsylvania federal judge partially certified a class of direct purchasers of eggs in multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy by producers to raise the price of eggs, the same day she denied certification to grocery shoppers making the same claims, according to an order entered Monday.
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September 18, 2015
Consumers Lose Class Cert. Bid In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday denied class certification to consumer plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy by producers to raise the price of eggs, citing problems with the sprawling class that could have encompassed most American households.
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September 15, 2015
Pa. Judge Extends Opt-Out Deadline In Egg Price-Fixing MDL
A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday that Kraft Foods Global Inc. and others' failure to opt out of a $28 million settlement in egg price-fixing multidistrict litigation involving Cal-Maine Foods Inc. was excusable since their counsel thought, albeit incorrectly, that opting out was unnecessary.
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May 01, 2015
MDL Judge Mourns Weinstein Partner's Death In Court Order
The Pennsylvania federal judge presiding over a multidistrict antitrust case on egg products paid tribute Friday in a unique order to one of the lead plaintiffs' attorneys in the case, Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC partner Steven A. Asher, who died this week of melanoma.
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July 21, 2014
Egg Suppliers Fight Doc Production In Price-Fixing MDL
Food producers in multidistrict litigation accusing them of conspiring to fix egg prices shot back at purchasers' bid to obtain privileged documents regarding whether the defendants believed they were complying with antitrust law, arguing Friday that Third Circuit precedent shields them from having to produce the material.
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May 12, 2014
Grocery Stores Deny Luring Egg Producers Into Price-Fixing
A number of grocery store chains embroiled in the long-running multidistrict litigation over alleged egg price-fixing on Monday asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to throw out counterclaims by egg producers that the stores lured them into the practice by backing a certified egg program.
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March 07, 2014
NuCal Foods Escapes Vendors' Egg Price-Fixing MDL
A band of food vendors, including Walgreen Co. and Safeway Inc., on Thursday abandoned their claims against California farming cooperative NuCal Foods Inc. for its alleged role in a long-running scheme to limit egg production and hike prices, leaving the companies' Pennsylvania multidistrict litigation with one less defendant.
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February 21, 2014
Walgreen, Others Drop National Food Claims In Egg MDL
Walgreen Co., Nestle USA Inc. and several other food makers and vendors dropped their claims against National Food Corp. on Thursday in Pennsylvania multidistrict litigation accusing a slew of egg companies of operating a long-running scheme to limit production and drive up prices.