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  1. March 23, 2022

    Poultry Execs Move For Acquittal Amid Price Fixing Retrial

    Chicken industry executives have urged a Colorado federal court for acquittal amid their second trial on government allegations of a sprawling scheme to fix prices, arguing that the jury did not hear any evidence of pricing agreements, let alone a criminal conspiracy.

  2. February 24, 2022

    Chicken Execs Tell Jury DOJ Unfairly Targeted Them

    Chicken executives told jurors Thursday at the start of a price-fixing trial that some of them didn't even set prices and the government's case was a backward instance of "ready, fire ... aim."

  3. February 23, 2022

    Chicken Execs Ruthlessly Cheated Food Chains, Jury Hears

    An array of chicken industry executives for years worked as a "united front against their customers" to yank up prices in concert, federal prosecutors told a Colorado federal jury Wednesday at the beginning of a price-fixing retrial.

  4. February 22, 2022

    Chicken Execs May Face Jurors With Pricing, Grocery Savvy

    Jurors with experience negotiating and setting pharmaceutical prices and selling supplements to large grocery chains may be among those picked to weigh charges against 10 executives of chicken suppliers accused of conspiring to control pricing, according to proceedings in Colorado federal court Tuesday.

  5. February 18, 2022

    Poultry Exec Can't Kill Popeyes Evidence Ahead Of Trial

    A federal jury can hear evidence at an upcoming trial about a former Tyson Foods executive's dealings to set chicken prices for Popeyes in 2015, a judge in Denver ruled, saying the evidence is closely enough related to charges of a broader price-fixing scheme between competing suppliers.

  6. February 18, 2022

    DOJ Gears Up For Chicken Price-Fixing Retrial

    The federal government appears to be lining up more inside witnesses for a retrial set to start Tuesday in a case accusing 10 individuals of helping to orchestrate a sprawling price-fixing scheme among the nation's largest poultry producers, after a Colorado jury deadlocked on charges in December.

  7. January 14, 2022

    Poultry Execs Denied Acquittal Between Price-Fixing Trials

    A Colorado federal judge has denied acquittal bids from 10 poultry executives whose first prosecution for an alleged price-fixing conspiracy ended in a mistrial, ruling that the testimony of a former Pilgrim's Pride employee was enough to show the conspiracy existed.

  8. January 04, 2022

    DOJ Opposes Bid To Delay Poultry Price-Fixing Retrial

    The U.S. Department of Justice is opposing a bid from 10 poultry executives accused of a sprawling price-fixing conspiracy to delay their scheduled February retrial by a month after a Colorado jury deadlocked on criminal charges against them.

  9. December 17, 2021

    DOJ's Poultry Price-Fix Case Ends In Mistrial, New Trial In Feb.

    The U.S. Department of Justice suffered a blow Thursday when a Colorado federal judge declared a mistrial after a deadlocked jury could not reach a verdict against 10 poultry executives accused of participating in a sprawling scheme to fix the price of chicken or rig bids in the U.S. chicken market.

  10. December 03, 2021

    Former Tyson Execs Denied Mistrial On Price-Fixing Charges

    A Colorado federal judge refused to declare a mistrial Friday for two former Tyson Foods executives battling the U.S. Department of Justice over criminal charges of fixing the price of chicken.

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