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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
1:16-cv-08637
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Croke Fairchild
- Altair Law
- Edelson Lechtzin
- MoloLamken
- Matt Singer Law
- FeganScott
- Sherrard Roe
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Frankfurt Kurnit
- Ahern & Associates
- Joseph D. Carney & Associates
- Miller Canfield
- Axinn Veltrop
- Zelle LLP
- Freed Kanner
- Clement & Murphy
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Shindler Anderson
- Steven Williams Law
- Law Office of Thomas J. Nolan
- Kohn Swift
- Goldman Scarlato
- Law Group of Northwest Arkansas
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- TottisLaw
- Stranch Jennings
- Aronberg Goldgehn
- Miller Shakman
- Manning Law Firm
- Lite DePalma
- Coffman Law Firm
- Williams Barber
- Wollmuth Maher
- Bancroft PLLC
- Kutak Rock
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Barrett Johnston
- Hammond Law
- Kaplan Fox
- Conner & Winters
- Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
- Spector Roseman
- Bartko LLP
- Greenspoon Marder
- Heins Mills
- Seeger Weiss
- Hunt Ortmann
- Swanson Martin
- ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Wiley Rein
- Sherman Atlas
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Dykema
- DiCello Levitt
- Hamilton Lincoln
- Rachlis Duff
- Fox Swibel
- Cohen Milstein
- Kasowitz Benson
- Lockridge Grindal
- Block Firm
- Lynch Thompson
- Boies Schiller
- Alston & Bird
- Vaughan & Murphy
- Hagens Berman
- Milberg Coleman
- Vedder Price
- Marcus & Shapira
- Kirby McInerney
- Marks & Klein
- Amundsen Davis
- Sidley Austin
- NastLaw
- Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles
- BoiesBattin
- McGuireWoods
- Pearson Warshaw
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Almeida Law Group
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Criden & Love
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Barack Ferrazzano
- Raines Feldman
- Hammond Law PC
- Salvatore Prescott
- Wexler Boley
- Carlton Fields
- Butler Reichline
- Sperling Kenny
- Katten Muchin
- Strauss Borrelli
- Jordan Price Wall
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Gustafson Gluek
- Harper Little
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Eimer Stahl
- Preti Flaherty
- D. Klar Law
- Baron Harris
- Falkenberg Ives
- Stearns Weaver
- Covington & Burling
- Greenberg Traurig
- Stinson LLP
- Carpenter Lipps
- Weil Gotshal
- Cadwalader Wickersham
- Smith Gambrell
- Ridley McGreevy
- Hogan Lovells
- Patzik Frank
- Benesch
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Venable LLP
- Baker Donelson
- Skadden Arps
- Kellogg Hansen
- Manning Gross
- Proskauer Rose
- Shook Hardy
- Jackson Lewis PC
- Littler Mendelson
- Moore & Van Allen
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Paul Hastings
- Neal Gerber
- ArentFox Schiff
- Dentons
- Cotchett Pitre
- Jones Day
- Taus Cebulash
- Cooley LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Riley Safer
- Paul Weiss
- Polsinelli PC
- DLA Piper
- Bilzin Sumberg
- Winston & Strawn
- Quinn Emanuel
- Hunton Andrews
- Clark Hill
- Lipe Lyons
- Vinson & Elkins
- L&G Law Group
- Wheeler Trigg
- Bailey Brauer
- Karon LLC
- Law Offices of Michael M. Mulder
- Susman Godfrey
- Hart McLaughlin
- Fine Kaplan
- Jenner & Block
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Hellmuth & Johnson
- Hinkle Shanor
- Saveri & Saveri
- Wallace Miller
- Mayer Brown
- White & Case
Companies
- Boston Market Corp.
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- White Castle Management Co.
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Gordon Food Service Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.
- Hy-Vee
- Nestle SA
- Zaxby's Holdings LLC
- Fieldale Farms Corp.
- Nestle Purina PetCare Co.
- Conagra Brands Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
- Peco Foods Inc.
- Amick Farms
- John Soules Foods Inc.
- Save Mart Supermarkets
- The Kroger Co.
- Whatabrands LLC
- Tyson Foods Inc.
- Aramark
- Compass Group PLC
- Maximum Quality Foods
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Costco
- Case Farms LLC
- Simmons Foods Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- FOCUS Brands Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Brinker International Inc.
- Darden Restaurants Inc.
- The Golub Corp.
- Panda Restaurant Group Inc.
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Certco Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- George's Inc.
- Ahold Delhaize
- Ferraro Foods Inc.
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- The Cheesecake Factory Inc.
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.
- Walmart Inc.
- Target Corp.
- Caesars Entertainment Inc.
- Campbell Soup Co.
- Rabobank
- Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- The Fresh Market Inc.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Bloomin' Brands Inc.
- Mar-Jac Poultry
- Sodexo SA
- Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
- Chick-fil-A Inc.
- Perdue Farms Inc.
- House of Raeford Farms Inc.
- Pinnacle Foods Inc.
- Foster Farms
- Brookshire Grocery
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- The Kraft Heinz Co.
- Sanderson Farms Inc.
- Carl Buddig & Co.
- Hooters LLC
- Wawa Inc.
- Whataburger Restaurants LLC
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- Agri Stats Inc.
- McDonald's Corp.
- CKE Restaurants Inc.
- Shamrock Foods Co.
- Koch Foods
- Domino's Pizza Inc.
- Sherwood Food Distributors LLC
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Captain D's LLC
- Ahold Delhaize USA
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Aldi GmbH & Co. KG
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Checkers Drive In Restaurants Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Keystone Foods LLC
- Services Group of America
Sectors & Industries:
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March 05, 2025
Indirect Chicken Buyers' $41.3M Price-Fixing Deal Gets Initial OK
An Illinois federal judge gave his initial signoff Wednesday to more than $41 million in settlements between major chicken producers and indirect chicken buyers who accused them of illegally conspiring to fix prices, calling the proposal a substantial recovery to otherwise risky litigation.
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February 12, 2025
Poultry Producers Can't Dodge Bid-Rigging Claims In MDL
An Illinois federal judge trimmed on Tuesday some conspiracy claims from a massive antitrust case against chicken producers, including Pilgrim's Pride and over a dozen others, but kept intact other bid-rigging allegations, finding that a class of restaurants and other direct buyers plausibly alleged the companies increased prices in parallel.
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December 18, 2024
Pilgrim's Pride Gets Chicken Exit OK Under Contested Deal
Pilgrim's Pride is able to formally duck Sysco chicken price-fixing claims picked up by a Burford Capital LLC unit after an Illinois federal judge once again ruled that the companies are bound by a settlement between Pilgrim's Pride and Sysco that the litigation funding giant contested as too small.
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October 17, 2024
Burford Again Loses Fight Against Meat Price-Fixing Deal
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday refused for a second time to let a Burford Capital LLC unit unbind itself from a global settlement Pilgrim's Pride and Sysco entered to resolve chicken, pork and beef price-fixing claims.
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August 20, 2024
Burford Fights Order Backing Chicken Price-Fixing Settlement
A Burford Capital Unit tried again Monday to unbind itself from a chicken price-fixing settlement that Sysco sealed via email with Pilgrim's Pride, arguing in Illinois federal court that the Seventh Circuit has criticized the order backing the settlement as "fatally flawed."
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August 13, 2024
Eateries Can't Stop $75M Settlements In Chicken Antitrust Suit
An Illinois federal judge granted final approval Tuesday to $75 million in settlements between direct chicken purchasers and House of Raeford Farms and Koch Foods in a massive consolidated price-fixing case, denying an objection by restaurants, which he said could not second-guess class counsel's decisions after failing to opt out.
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July 24, 2024
Last Holdouts Avoid Trial With Deal Over Chicken Price-Fixing
Chicken buyer plaintiffs say they've reached a settlement with Mountaire Farms and Koch Foods in their suit against the country's biggest broiler chicken producers for allegedly conspiring to raise prices, telling an Illinois federal judge to call off the trial that had been scheduled for September.
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July 19, 2024
OK Foods, Consumers Reach Deal In Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
Consumers accusing the nation's largest broiler chicken producers of coordinating and limiting chicken production to raise prices have told an Illinois federal judge that they've reached a settlement in principle with O.K. Foods, O.K. Farms and O.K. Industries.
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July 17, 2024
Ill. Judge Signals Issue With Chicken Consumers' Expert
An Illinois federal judge signaled Wednesday that he was unlikely to allow chicken end users' economics expert to testify about damages they suffered in an alleged price-fixing conspiracy if the expert cannot focus his opinion on just the conduct allowed to be heard at trial.
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July 09, 2024
Chicken Buyers' Cost-Saving Deal With Producers Approved
An Illinois federal judge granted final approval Tuesday to settlements direct chicken buyers struck with producers that beat their price-fixing claims at summary judgment or trial, saving them about $1 million in costs they could have otherwise owed the companies.