In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
1:16-cv-08637
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Ahern & Associates
- Almeida Law Group
- Alston & Bird
- Amundsen Davis
- ArentFox Schiff
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Axinn Veltrop
- Axler Goldich
- Bailey Brauer
- Baker Donelson
- Bancroft PLLC
- Barack Ferrazzano
- Baron Harris
- Barrett Johnston
- Bartko LLP
- Benesch
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Bilzin Sumberg
- Block Firm
- BoiesBattin
- Boies Schiller
- Butler Reichline
- Cadwalader Wickersham
- Carlton Fields
- Carpenter Lipps
- Cera LLP
- Clark Hill
- Clement & Murphy
- Coffman Law Firm
- Cohen Milstein
- Conner & Winters
- Cooley LLP
- Cotchett Pitre
- Cotsirilos Tighe
- Covington & Burling
- Criden & Love
- Croke Fairchild
- Dentons
- DiCello Levitt
- Dykema
- Edelson Lechtzin
- Eimer Stahl
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Falkenberg Ives
- FeganScott
- Fine Kaplan
- Fox Swibel
- Frankfurt Kurnit
- Freed Kanner
- Goldman Scarlato
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Greenberg Traurig
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hagens Berman
- Hammond Law
- Hammond Law PC
- Harper Little
- Hart McLaughlin
- Heins Mills
- Hellmuth & Johnson
- Hinkle Shanor
- Hogan Lovells
- Hunton Andrews
- Jackson Lewis PC
- Jenner & Block
- Jones Day
- Jordan Price
- Joseph D. Carney & Associates
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Kaplan Fox
- Karon LLC
- Kasowitz Benson
- Katten Muchin
- Kellogg Hansen
- Kenny Nachwalter
- Kirby McInerney
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Kohn Swift
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Kutak Rock
- Law Group of Northwest Arkansas
- Law Office of Thomas J. Nolan
- Law Offices of Michael M. Mulder
- L&G Law Group
- Lipe Lyons
- Lite DePalma
- Littler Mendelson
- Lockridge Grindal
- Lynch Thompson
- Manning Gross
- Marcus & Shapira
- Marks & Klein
- Matt Singer Law
- Mayer Brown
- McGuireWoods
- Milberg Coleman
- Miller Canfield
- Miller Shakman
- MoloLamken
- Moore & Van Allen
- NastLaw
- Neal Gerber
- Novack & Macey
- Nussbaum Law Group
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Paul Hastings
- Paul Weiss
- Pearson Warshaw
- Polsinelli PC
- Preti Flaherty
- Proskauer Rose
- Quinn Emanuel
- Rachlis Duff
- Raines Feldman
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Ridley McGreevy
- Riley Safer
- Salvatore Prescott
- Saveri & Saveri
- Seeger Weiss
- Sherman Atlas
- Sherrard Roe
- Shindler Anderson
- Shook Hardy
- Sidley Austin
- Skadden Arps
- Smith Gambrell
- Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles
- Spector Roseman
- Sperling & Slater
- Stearns Weaver
- Steven Williams Law
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Stinson LLP
- Stranch Jennings
- Susman Godfrey
- Swanson Martin
- Taus Cebulash
- TottisLaw
- Vaughan & Murphy
- Vedder Price
- Venable LLP
- Vinson & Elkins
- Wallace Miller
- Weil Gotshal
- Wexler Boley
- Wheeler Trigg
- White & Case
- Williams Barber
- Winston & Strawn
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Wollmuth Maher
- Zelle LLP
Companies
- Agri Stats Inc.
- Ahold Delhaize
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Aldi GmbH & Co. KG
- Aramark
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.
- Bloomin' Brands Inc.
- Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
- Boston Market Corp.
- Brinker International Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.
- Caesars Entertainment Inc.
- Campbell Soup Co.
- Captain D's LLC
- Carl Buddig & Co.
- Case Farms LLC
- Checkers Drive In Restaurants Inc.
- Chick-fil-A Inc.
- CKE Restaurants Inc.
- Compass Group PLC
- Conagra Brands Inc.
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.
- Darden Restaurants Inc.
- Domino's Pizza Inc.
- El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Ferraro Foods Inc.
- Fieldale Farms Corp.
- FOCUS Brands Inc.
- Foster Farms
- George's Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Gordon Food Service Inc.
- Hooters LLC
- House of Raeford Farms Inc.
- Hy-Vee
- Keystone Foods LLC
- Koch Foods
- Maximum Quality Foods
- McDonald's Corp.
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Nestle SA
- Panda Restaurant Group Inc.
- Peco Foods Inc.
- Perdue Farms Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
- Pinnacle Foods Inc.
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Rabobank
- Sam's Club
- Sanderson Farms Inc.
- Save Mart Supermarkets
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Services Group of America
- Shamrock Foods Co.
- Sherwood Food Distributors LLC
- Simmons Foods Inc.
- Sodexo SA
- Supervalu Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- Target Corp.
- The Cheesecake Factory Inc.
- The Fresh Market Inc.
- The Golub Corp.
- The Kroger Co.
- Tyson Foods Inc.
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Walmart Inc.
- Wawa Inc.
- Whatabrands LLC
- Whataburger Restaurants LLC
- White Castle Management Co.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Zaxby's Holdings LLC
Sectors & Industries:
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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.
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July 03, 2024
Broiler Chicken Buyers' Attys Get $51.6M Fees In Antitrust Suit
An Illinois federal judge overseeing sprawling antitrust litigation against broiler chicken producers awarded class counsel more than $51.6 million in attorney fees in a $181 million deal for chicken buyers after the initial $57 million award was tossed by the Seventh Circuit last year, according to an order Wednesday.
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June 14, 2024
Burford Bound To Sysco And Pilgrim's Unsigned Chicken Deal
An Illinois federal judge on Friday rejected a Burford subsidiary's bid to block a global protein price-fixing settlement that Pilgrim's Pride and Sysco memorialized through email but never signed on paper, saying it's clear the parties reached a material agreement.
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June 03, 2024
Restaurants Fight Bid-Rigging Release In $75M Chicken Deals
Boston Market, Golden Corral and other restaurants have urged an Illinois federal judge to reject a class of chicken buyers' attempt to lock in $75 million in price-fixing settlements, continuing their fight to preserve a bid-rigging claim they argue should not be released.
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May 28, 2024
Chicken Buyers Defend Additional $37M Atty Fee Ask
Direct chicken buyers who have inked more than $284 million in price-fixing settlements defended their counsel's request for more than $37 million in what would be their third payout in the massive case, saying the request is consistent with both precedent and past experience.
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May 02, 2024
Chicken Buyers Request $37M More In Price-Fixing Deal Fees
Direct broiler chicken purchasers who've inked more than $284 million in price-fixing settlements are asking an Illinois federal judge for more than $37 million in what would be a third distribution of fees and reimbursed costs to their co-lead counsel in the massive case.
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March 26, 2024
Ill. Judge Needs More Info To OK $57M Chicken Antitrust Fee
An Illinois federal judge overseeing a sprawling antitrust litigation against broiler chicken producers said he couldn't rule on class counsel's renewed bid for a $57 million attorney fee award thrown out by the Seventh Circuit last year without more information on one of the firm's graduated fee arrangements in a similar 2015 antitrust case, which wasn't disclosed in the first go-around.