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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
Judge:
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
- 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
- Smith Gambrell
- 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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April 14, 2023
Sysco Barred From Dragging Burford Into Broiler Chicken Suit
A Chicago federal judge overseeing antitrust claims against some of American's largest suppliers of chicken meat has declined to hear a separate lawsuit in which Sysco Corp. says the litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. is illegally blocking it from settling its price-fixing allegations.
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April 10, 2023
Sysco Pushing To Drag Burford Into Antitrust Proceedings
Sysco Corp. is pushing ahead with an effort to drag the litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. into antitrust proceedings the food distributor says are primed for settlement, despite Burford's objections, warning of a "piecemeal" result if the financier is left out of that case.
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April 04, 2023
Burford Fights Sysco Bid To Join Antitrust, Injunction Cases
Amid a struggle over control of a big-dollar antitrust case against food giant Sysco Corp., litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. urged an Illinois federal court Monday not to join that case to an action filed by Sysco attacking an injunction that is blocking settlements in the price-fixing suit.
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January 30, 2023
Chicken Buyers Fight Bid To Toss Price-Fixing Claims
Broiler chicken buyers have opposed producers' bid to toss their state law claims in a massive price-fixing litigation in Illinois federal court, saying the relevant statutes apply to their consumer protection claims because their federal claims have already survived.
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November 18, 2022
Chick-Fil-A Latest Eatery To Settle Poultry Price-Fixing Claims
Chick-fil-A Inc. has agreed to settle its suit against Tyson Foods alleging the company conspired with other food producers to fix and inflate chicken prices, the latest deal in the litigation, according to a Friday filing in Illinois federal court.
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November 01, 2022
Poultry Co. Settles Price-Fixing Claims With 12 Restaurants
Poultry grower George's has settled claims from Golden Corral, White Castle, Boston Market and nine other restaurant companies alleging it conspired with other food producers to inflate and fix chicken prices.
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October 25, 2022
Wash. AG Inks $10.5M Chicken Price Fixing Deal With Tyson
The Washington state attorney general's office reached a $10.5 million settlement with Tyson Foods in the enforcer's state lawsuit accusing more than a dozen chicken producers of conspiring to manipulate prices.
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August 26, 2022
Chicken Buyers Defend Bid-Rigging Claims In Price-Fix Suit
Walmart and some of its direct buyer peers accusing major broiler chicken producers of price-fixing defended a chunk of their allegations by telling an Illinois federal judge that Koch Foods, Wayne Farms and others "misunderstand basic conspiracy law."
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June 24, 2022
Costco Can't Subpoena Itself To Use Chicken Docs In Arb.
An Illinois federal magistrate judge refused Thursday to let Costco Wholesale Corp. "circumvent" confidentiality protections for documents in a sprawling antitrust lawsuit accusing major chicken producers of price-fixing, documents Costco wanted to use in parallel arbitration against Tyson Foods Inc.
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May 27, 2022
Chicken Buyers Get Class Cert. In Sprawling Price-Fixing Suit
An Illinois federal judge on Friday certified classes of direct purchasers, indirect purchasers and end-user consumers in a sprawling antitrust lawsuit alleging more than a dozen major broiler chicken producers, including Sanderson Farms Inc. and Perdue Foods, conspired to limit chicken production to boost prices.