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 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.
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May 11, 2022
Chicken Buyers Say Class Cert. Is Warranted In Price-Fix Row
Plaintiffs claiming the nation's largest broiler chicken producers coordinated and limited chicken production with the goal to raise prices told an Illinois federal judge Wednesday that they "did the work" to show their claims warrant the class action treatment and that their models and expert analysis show antitrust impact and damages common to the proposed classes.
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May 10, 2022
Chicken Cos. Say Class Treatment Improper In Price-Fix Fight
Broiler chicken producers defending price-fixing accusations in a massive consolidated suit argued Tuesday that an Illinois federal judge should reject the bid by consumers and businesses for class treatment because their evidence oversimplifies the companies' individual and otherwise logical response to major market inhibitors.
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May 05, 2022
Chicken Buyers Can't Block Settlement Sharing Language
An Illinois federal judge has refused to nix portions of poultry producers' judgment sharing agreement that may disadvantage chicken buyers in settlement talks with producers accused of price-fixing, rejecting assertions that the assailed sections discourage defendants from settling.
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March 11, 2022
Rabobank Fights Quick Appeal In Chicken Price-Fixing Case
Rabobank has urged an Illinois federal court not to allow several chicken buyers suing over allegations of an industrywide price-fixing scheme to appeal the dismissal of claims against the bank as the rest of the case proceeds.
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March 07, 2022
Tyson Settles Aldi's Claims In Chicken Buyers Litigation
Grocery store chain Aldi Inc. has settled with Tyson Foods to resolve its claims in Illinois federal court that the poultry giant was among the producers that engaged in a yearslong scheme to fix chicken prices.
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February 09, 2022
Costco To Arbitrate Tyson Price-Fix Claim Despite DOJ Probe
An Illinois federal judge refused Tyson's bid for a preliminary injunction that would prevent Costco from forcing the chicken producer into arbitration amid price-fixing allegations.