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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October 13, 2023
Ill. Judge OKs $75M More In Chicken Price-Fixing Deals
An Illinois federal judge gave his initial blessing Friday to chicken buyers' bid to add $75 million to the pot of settlements they've reached in a massive consolidated price-fixing case, bringing their total prospective recovery to more than $284 million.
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October 06, 2023
Chicken Buyers Seek OK On $75M More In Price-Fixing Deals
Direct purchasers in a massive consolidated chicken price-fixing case asked an Illinois federal judge on Friday to bless another $75 million in settlements they reached with House of Raeford Farms and Koch Foods ahead of an ongoing jury trial.
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September 18, 2023
Sanderson Was Chicken Price-Fixing Ringleader, Jury Told
Sanderson Farms was one of three masterminds behind a scheme that brought 14 broiler chicken producers together in a conspiracy to raise prices by limiting their supply, causing more than $2 billion in overcharges, an Illinois federal jury heard Monday.
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September 15, 2023
DOJ Losses Cast Shadow Over Chicken Price-Fixing Trial
The first civil jury trial in massive consolidated litigation accusing the nation's largest chicken suppliers of fixing prices is set to kick off in Chicago federal court Monday, and antitrust experts say they'll be watching to see what both sides have learned from the U.S. Department of Justice's recently fumbled criminal probe over the same alleged conduct.
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August 15, 2023
Antitrust Watchers Are About To Have Their Hands Full
A deluge of trials and key hearings are slated for the coming weeks in antitrust cases spread across the country, including the first expected trials for monopolization claims against Google, trials in a variety of other conduct cases from enforcers and private parties, and hearings on several merger challenges.
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July 24, 2023
Burford Continues Push For Sysco Sub In Chicken Price Suit
Federal antitrust claims are "freely assignable," food giant Sysco and its former financial backer, Burford Capital, told an Illinois court Friday as they defended Burford's requested substitution into a chicken price-fixing case.
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July 19, 2023
Consumers' $2.9M Deal With Harrison Poultry Gets Initial OK
An Illinois federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $2.9 million settlement between consumer plaintiffs and Harrison Poultry Inc. in a consolidated antitrust case over claims that broiler chicken producers engaged in unlawful price-fixing.
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July 13, 2023
Chicken Cos. Object To Sysco-Burford Swap In Price-Fix Suits
The nation's largest chicken producers are crying foul over food distributor Sysco's attempt to let litigation funder Burford Capital take over a sprawling series of poultry price-fixing lawsuits, saying the move smacks of "invalid champerty" — the ancient legal doctrine that bars the purchase of civil claims by "strangers."
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July 10, 2023
Burford Affiliate Fights To Sub For Sysco In Price-Fixing Suits
An affiliate of litigation funding giant Burford Capital pressed a Minnesota federal judge to let it replace Sysco as a plaintiff in sprawling price-fixing lawsuits against pork and beef producers following the resolution of Sysco and Burford's separate fight over who controlled Sysco's litigation future.
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July 03, 2023
Chicken Price-Fixing Case Pared Down As Trial Approaches
An Illinois federal judge has shaved seven defendants and two theories of liability from a massive consolidated antitrust case that is otherwise headed to trial in September over claims that broiler chicken producers including Tyson Foods engaged in an unlawful price-fixing scheme.