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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

1:16-cv-08637

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

791(Labor: E.R.I.S.A.)

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Honorable Thomas M. Durkin

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  1. June 25, 2019

    DOJ Probing Chicken Industry For Anti-Competitive Conduct

    The U.S. Department of Justice revealed last week that it is investigating potential anti-competitive conduct in the chicken industry, asking an Illinois federal court for permission to weigh in on private litigation against Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride and several other poultry producers.

  2. May 07, 2019

    Distributor Must Hand Over Docs In Poultry Price-Fixing Suit

    An Illinois federal court said a meat distributor was being "hyperbolic" when it complained about complying with subpoenas the company characterized as lengthy and excessive, and rejected a bid to quash them.

  3. April 09, 2019

    Perdue Blasts Witness Coaching Claims As 'Manufactured'

    Perdue Farms hit back against a bid for attorney sanctions over alleged witness coaching and overzealous objections in a deposition of its director in a price-fixing suit, saying that the poultry buyers' motion was a "sideshow" and a "manufactured dispute."

  4. March 22, 2019

    Perdue Coached Witness In Poultry Price-Fix Suit, Buyers Say

    Perdue Farms should be sanctioned after its attorney interrupted the deposition of the poultry company's director of live production some 200 times and conferred with him during breaks, chicken buyers have told an Illinois federal court.

  5. March 01, 2019

    Eli Lilly Subsidiary Must Face Chicken Price-Fixing Row

    An Eli Lilly & Co. subsidiary can't dodge litigation brought by chicken meat purchasers that have accused producers of a vast price-fixing conspiracy conducted in part with the information provided by the subsidiary, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

  6. February 13, 2019

    Poultry Co. To Cough Up $1.4M, Cooperate In Price-Fix Case

    Georgia-based Fieldale Farms Corp. received early approval for a settlement Wednesday that would see it fork over $1.4 million and provide information to assist broiler chicken buyers as they pursue claims that manufacturers conspired for decades to drive up chicken prices.

  7. November 30, 2018

    Distributor Fights Subpoena Bid In Poultry Price-Fixing Suit

    Meat distributor Porky Products asked an Illinois federal judge Thursday not to force it to fulfill lengthy and expensive subpoenas from plaintiffs accusing more than a dozen poultry producers of colluding to keep prices high, saying it is too far down the supply chain and is a nonparty in the litigation.

  8. November 20, 2018

    Producer's $2.3M Exit From Poultry Price-Fix Suit OK'd

    Georgia-based Fieldale Farms has secured a $2.25 million exit from a class of food service distributors' suit surrounding an alleged decadelong industry-wide plot by poultry producers to ratchet up chicken prices, after an Illinois federal judge gave final approval to the settlement.

  9. October 30, 2018

    Producer Exits Chicken Price-Fixing Suit With $2.2M Deal

    A proposed class of direct purchasers asked an Illinois federal court on Monday to give the final seal of approval to a $2.2 million deal letting Fieldale Farms out of a suit accusing the company and more than a dozen other poultry producers of colluding to keep prices high.

  10. September 17, 2018

    Chicken Price-Fixing Suit Gets Plucked From Kan.

    A major cooperative food wholesaler will have to litigate its price-fixing allegations against Tyson, Perdue and several other broiler chicken producers alongside the roughly 20 other lawsuits currently pending against the companies in Illinois after a federal judge agreed to allow the defendants to fly the Kansas coop.