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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
1:16-cv-08637
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Croke Fairchild
- ArentFox Schiff
- Smith Gambrell
- Seeger Weiss
- Axinn Veltrop
- Stinson LLP
- Kohn Swift
- Neal Gerber
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Edelson Lechtzin
- Matt Singer Law
- Sherrard Roe
- Ahern & Associates
- Law Group of Northwest Arkansas
- Joseph D. Carney & Associates
- Miller Canfield
- McGuireWoods
- Freed Kanner
- Clement & Murphy
- Shindler Anderson
- Steven Williams Law
- Bartko LLP
- Law Office of Thomas J. Nolan
- Bilzin Sumberg
- Wexler Boley
- Goldman Scarlato
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Alston & Bird
- Moore & Van Allen
- Winston & Strawn
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- Riley Safer
- TottisLaw
- Weil Gotshal
- Eimer Stahl
- Dentons
- Stranch Jennings
- NastLaw
- Benesch
- Dykema
- Strauss Borrelli
- Miller Shakman
- FeganScott
- Lite DePalma
- Stearns Weaver
- Coffman Law Firm
- Williams Barber
- Wollmuth Maher
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Bancroft PLLC
- Kutak Rock
- Barrett Johnston
- Hammond Law
- Kaplan Fox
- Conner & Winters
- Cotsirilos Tighe
- Spector Roseman
- Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Heins Mills
- Cohen Milstein
- Hammond Law PC
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Swanson Martin
- ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Sherman Atlas
- DiCello Levitt
- Cooley LLP
- Quinn Emanuel
- Hamilton Lincoln
- Katten Muchin
- Rachlis Duff
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Fox Swibel
- Venable LLP
- Lockridge Grindal
- Block Firm
- Polsinelli PC
- Lynch Thompson
- Hunton Andrews
- Vaughan & Murphy
- Manning Gross
- Zelle LLP
- Frankfurt Kurnit
- Cadwalader Wickersham
- Marcus & Shapira
- Kirby McInerney
- Littler Mendelson
- Marks & Klein
- Sidley Austin
- Milberg Coleman
- Vedder Price
- Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles
- Preti Flaherty
- Ridley McGreevy
- BoiesBattin
- Boies Schiller
- Amundsen Davis
- Pearson Warshaw
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Almeida Law Group
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Criden & Love
- Kasowitz Benson
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Clark Hill
- Barack Ferrazzano
- Raines Feldman
- Kellogg Hansen
- Hogan Lovells
- Salvatore Prescott
- Skadden Arps
- Gustafson Gluek
- Carlton Fields
- Butler Reichline
- Greenberg Traurig
- Harper Little
- Baker Donelson
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- D. Klar Law
- Baron Harris
- Falkenberg Ives
- Covington & Burling
- Carpenter Lipps
- Proskauer Rose
- Hagens Berman
- Sperling & Slater
- Cotchett Pitre
- Patzik Frank
- Paul Hastings
- Shook Hardy
- MoloLamken
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Norton Rose
- Jackson Lewis PC
- Jones Day
- Taus Cebulash
- Paul Weiss
- Lipe Lyons
- Vinson & Elkins
- Jordan Price Wall
- 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
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Fieldale Farms Corp.
- Zaxby's Holdings LLC
- Nestle Purina PetCare Co.
- The Golub Corp.
- Ahold Delhaize
- Conagra Brands Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
- Peco Foods Inc.
- Amick Farms
- John Soules Foods Inc.
- George's Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- Whatabrands LLC
- Tyson Foods Inc.
- Aramark
- Compass Group PLC
- White Castle Management Co.
- Koch Foods
- Chick-fil-A Inc.
- CKE Restaurants Inc.
- Maximum Quality Foods
- McDonald's Corp.
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Costco
- Boston Market Corp.
- Darden Restaurants Inc.
- Case Farms LLC
- Simmons Foods Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Nestle SA
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.
- Brinker International Inc.
- Caesars Entertainment Inc.
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- Ferraro Foods Inc.
- Panda Restaurant Group Inc.
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- The Cheesecake Factory Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.
- FOCUS Brands Inc.
- Target Corp.
- Campbell Soup Co.
- Rabobank
- Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.
- The Fresh Market Inc.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Bloomin' Brands Inc.
- Mar-Jac Poultry
- Walmart Inc.
- Sodexo SA
- Aldi GmbH & Co. KG
- Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
- Shamrock Foods Co.
- Perdue Farms Inc.
- Agri Stats Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- House of Raeford Farms Inc.
- Pinnacle Foods Inc.
- Foster Farms
- El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- Save Mart Supermarkets
- The Kraft Heinz Co.
- Sanderson Farms Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Carl Buddig & Co.
- Hooters LLC
- Wawa Inc.
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- Whataburger Restaurants LLC
- Captain D's LLC
- Gordon Food Service Inc.
- Hy-Vee
- Domino's Pizza Inc.
- Sherwood Food Distributors LLC
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Checkers Drive In Restaurants Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Keystone Foods LLC
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Services Group of America
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May 07, 2019
Distributor Must Hand Over Docs In Poultry Price-Fixing Suit
An Illinois federal court said a meat distributor was being "hyperbolic" when it complained about complying with subpoenas the company characterized as lengthy and excessive, and rejected a bid to quash them.
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April 09, 2019
Perdue Blasts Witness Coaching Claims As 'Manufactured'
Perdue Farms hit back against a bid for attorney sanctions over alleged witness coaching and overzealous objections in a deposition of its director in a price-fixing suit, saying that the poultry buyers' motion was a "sideshow" and a "manufactured dispute."
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March 22, 2019
Perdue Coached Witness In Poultry Price-Fix Suit, Buyers Say
Perdue Farms should be sanctioned after its attorney interrupted the deposition of the poultry company's director of live production some 200 times and conferred with him during breaks, chicken buyers have told an Illinois federal court.
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March 01, 2019
Eli Lilly Subsidiary Must Face Chicken Price-Fixing Row
An Eli Lilly & Co. subsidiary can't dodge litigation brought by chicken meat purchasers that have accused producers of a vast price-fixing conspiracy conducted in part with the information provided by the subsidiary, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.
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February 13, 2019
Poultry Co. To Cough Up $1.4M, Cooperate In Price-Fix Case
Georgia-based Fieldale Farms Corp. received early approval for a settlement Wednesday that would see it fork over $1.4 million and provide information to assist broiler chicken buyers as they pursue claims that manufacturers conspired for decades to drive up chicken prices.
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November 30, 2018
Distributor Fights Subpoena Bid In Poultry Price-Fixing Suit
Meat distributor Porky Products asked an Illinois federal judge Thursday not to force it to fulfill lengthy and expensive subpoenas from plaintiffs accusing more than a dozen poultry producers of colluding to keep prices high, saying it is too far down the supply chain and is a nonparty in the litigation.
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November 20, 2018
Producer's $2.3M Exit From Poultry Price-Fix Suit OK'd
Georgia-based Fieldale Farms has secured a $2.25 million exit from a class of food service distributors' suit surrounding an alleged decadelong industry-wide plot by poultry producers to ratchet up chicken prices, after an Illinois federal judge gave final approval to the settlement.
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October 30, 2018
Producer Exits Chicken Price-Fixing Suit With $2.2M Deal
A proposed class of direct purchasers asked an Illinois federal court on Monday to give the final seal of approval to a $2.2 million deal letting Fieldale Farms out of a suit accusing the company and more than a dozen other poultry producers of colluding to keep prices high.
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September 17, 2018
Chicken Price-Fixing Suit Gets Plucked From Kan.
A major cooperative food wholesaler will have to litigate its price-fixing allegations against Tyson, Perdue and several other broiler chicken producers alongside the roughly 20 other lawsuits currently pending against the companies in Illinois after a federal judge agreed to allow the defendants to fly the Kansas coop.
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July 18, 2018
Poultry Buyers Can't See Extra Email Docs In Price-Fixing Suit
Koch Foods Inc., Tyson Foods Inc. and Mountaire Farms dodged chicken buyers' bid to see at least 50,000 email attachments on top of their discovery production in a proposed class action against major producers after an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday there's no reason to "rewrite" the deal they negotiated nearly two years ago.