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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
- Matt Singer Law
- Sherrard Roe
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Frankfurt Kurnit
- Preti Flaherty
- Ahern & Associates
- Joseph D. Carney & Associates
- Miller Canfield
- Vedder Price
- Boies Schiller
- Freed Kanner
- Clement & Murphy
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Shindler Anderson
- Steven Williams Law
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Law Office of Thomas J. Nolan
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Kohn Swift
- Goldman Scarlato
- DiCello Levitt
- Law Group of Northwest Arkansas
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- Jordan Price Wall
- Greenspoon Marder
- TottisLaw
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Wiley Rein
- Stranch Jennings
- Aronberg Goldgehn
- Dykema
- Miller Shakman
- Manning Law Firm
- Lite DePalma
- Coffman Law Firm
- Williams Barber
- Wollmuth Maher
- Bancroft PLLC
- Kutak Rock
- Cotchett Pitre
- Venable LLP
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Barrett Johnston
- Hunton Andrews
- Hammond Law
- Alston & Bird
- Littler Mendelson
- Axinn Veltrop
- Kaplan Fox
- Conner & Winters
- Sidley Austin
- Cooley LLP
- Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
- Spector Roseman
- Bilzin Sumberg
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Heins Mills
- Seeger Weiss
- Hunt Ortmann
- Skadden Arps
- Katten Muchin
- Smith Gambrell
- Benesch
- Greenberg Traurig
- Swanson Martin
- ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Sherman Atlas
- McGuireWoods
- Jackson Lewis PC
- Quinn Emanuel
- Hamilton Lincoln
- Rachlis Duff
- Fox Swibel
- Cohen Milstein
- Kasowitz Benson
- Stinson LLP
- Lockridge Grindal
- Block Firm
- Polsinelli PC
- Winston & Strawn
- Lynch Thompson
- Cadwalader Wickersham
- Vaughan & Murphy
- Milberg Coleman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Kirby McInerney
- Marks & Klein
- Amundsen Davis
- ArentFox Schiff
- Sperling Kenny
- NastLaw
- Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles
- MoloLamken
- Ridley McGreevy
- BoiesBattin
- Neal Gerber
- DLA Piper
- Strauss Borrelli
- Moore & Van Allen
- Dentons
- Pearson Warshaw
- Riley Safer
- Kopecky Schumacher
- FeganScott
- Almeida Law Group
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Criden & Love
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Barack Ferrazzano
- Raines Feldman
- Hogan Lovells
- Hammond Law PC
- Salvatore Prescott
- Wexler Boley
- Zelle LLP
- Gustafson Gluek
- Carlton Fields
- Butler Reichline
- Bartko LLP
- Harper Little
- Baker Donelson
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Eimer Stahl
- Hagens Berman
- D. Klar Law
- Baron Harris
- Falkenberg Ives
- Stearns Weaver
- Covington & Burling
- Carpenter Lipps
- Clark Hill
- Weil Gotshal
- Patzik Frank
- Kellogg Hansen
- Proskauer Rose
- Shook Hardy
- Paul Hastings
- Jones Day
- Taus Cebulash
- Paul Weiss
- Manning Gross
- 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
- Panda Restaurant Group Inc.
- 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
- Walmart Inc.
- Maximum Quality Foods
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Costco
- Darden Restaurants Inc.
- Case Farms LLC
- Simmons Foods Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- FOCUS Brands Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Brinker International Inc.
- The Golub Corp.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ahold Delhaize USA
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Aldi GmbH & Co. KG
- CKE Restaurants Inc.
- Shamrock Foods Co.
- Koch Foods
- Domino's Pizza Inc.
- Sherwood Food Distributors LLC
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Captain D's LLC
- 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.