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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
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1:16-cv-08637
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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- Sherman Atlas
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- Kirkland & Ellis
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- Milberg Coleman
- Vedder Price
- Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles
- Preti Flaherty
- Ridley McGreevy
- BoiesBattin
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- Amundsen Davis
- Pearson Warshaw
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Almeida Law Group
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Criden & Love
- Kasowitz Benson
- O'Melveny & Myers
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- Barack Ferrazzano
- Raines Feldman
- Kellogg Hansen
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- Gustafson Gluek
- Carlton Fields
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- Greenberg Traurig
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- Baron Harris
- Falkenberg Ives
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- Carpenter Lipps
- Proskauer Rose
- Hagens Berman
- Sperling & Slater
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- 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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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.
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March 22, 2024
Burford, Sysco Get OK To Swap Bid In Price-Fixing Cases
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday agreed to allow an affiliate of legal investment firm Burford Capital to substitute for food giant Sysco in price-fixing litigation against broiler chicken producers, a ruling that comes a month after a Minnesota federal judge refused to allow the same Burford unit to substitute for Sysco in similar pork and beef price-fixing litigation.
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March 15, 2024
Sanderson Beats Chicken Buyers' Antitrust Retrial Attempt
Direct chicken purchasers who lost a price-fixing trial against Sanderson Farms cannot have another shot at bringing their case to a jury because their first trial was fair, and their circumstantial evidence couldn't defeat the company's competing proof, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.
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March 07, 2024
Chicken Buyers Bail On Remaining Claims Against Producers
A class of direct purchasers effectively threw in the towel Wednesday on continuing with class price-fixing claims against Perdue Farms, Claxton Poultry and others, cutting deals that abandon attempts to revive the allegations and allow the buyers to avoid up to $1 million in legal costs they might have owed the major chicken producers.
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February 01, 2024
Sanderson Says Chicken Buyers' Retrial Bid Ignores Evidence
An Illinois federal judge should reject thousands of chicken buyers' bid for either judgment or a retrial after a jury rejected their price-fixing accusations because ample evidence supported the verdict "and it is not a close call," Sanderson Farms argued Thursday.
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December 18, 2023
Biggest Illinois Decisions Of 2023
Illinois' state and federal courts did some heavy lifting in 2023 as they issued long-awaited guidance for litigating biometric privacy claims, resolved price-fixing allegations against major food industry suppliers and issued a pandemic-related tuition reimbursement ruling that may signal a dynamic shift within the Seventh Circuit. Here, Law360 looks back at some of the year's biggest decisions in the state.
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December 06, 2023
Restaurant Chains Still Fighting Part Of $8M Chicken Deal
Boston Market, Golden Corral, Cracker Barrel, Domino's and other restaurant chains continued Tuesday to contest part of an $8 million class settlement resolving other direct buyers' chicken price-fixing claims, arguing specifically that the deal improperly bargained away claims they still want to assert in a subsequent trial.