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  1. November 30, 2021

    Poultry Execs Want Antitrust Charges Tossed Amid Trial

    A group of 10 former poultry executives currently on trial for allegedly participating in a sprawling scheme among some of the nation's largest poultry producers to fix the price of chicken is pushing to be acquitted on antitrust charges in the federal government's probe.

  2. October 21, 2021

    1st Execs Set To Face Trial In Broiler Chicken Price-Fix Probe

    The government is set to put 10 people on trial Monday in Colorado federal court over their alleged role in a sprawling scheme among some of the nation's largest poultry producers to fix the price of chicken sold in restaurants, grocery stores and elsewhere. The case marks one in a series targeting the broiler chicken industry, stemming from an ongoing criminal antitrust investigation.

  3. October 06, 2021

    Indicted Chicken Execs Can't Strike FBI Agent's Testimony

    A Colorado federal judge has ruled that 10 indicted poultry executives accused of plotting for years to fix prices of broiler chickens cannot exclude from the record recent pretrial statements made by an FBI agent amid claims that prosecutors improperly withheld their witness's full grand jury testimony.

  4. October 04, 2021

    Chicken Execs Face Trial, Spar With Gov't Over Witness

    Nearly a dozen poultry industry figures face an upcoming criminal antitrust trial after a Colorado federal judge on Monday rejected their bids to throw out indictments alleging they plotted for years to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chickens.

  5. September 15, 2021

    DOJ-Pilgrim's Deal Doesn't Block Witnesses, Judge Rules

    A Colorado federal judge has ruled that a plea agreement Pilgrim's Pride Corp. reached with the U.S. Justice Department earlier this year is neither preventing broiler chicken executives facing criminal charges for price-fixing from accessing company witnesses nor undermining their constitutional right to a fair trial. 

  6. September 01, 2021

    DOJ Says Poultry Execs Must Face Price-Fixing Charges

    Federal prosecutors are fighting to preserve criminal charges accusing poultry executives of price-fixing in the broiler chicken industry, telling a Colorado federal judge that the indictment has all the specific and timely allegations necessary under federal antitrust law.

  7. August 18, 2021

    DOJ Rips Poultry Execs' Early Bid For Docs In Price-Fix Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice told a Colorado federal judge Monday that indicted poultry executives accused of price-fixing face few surprises at trial and thus have no need for a sneak peek at the evidence the DOJ plans to use weeks ahead of schedule.

  8. August 09, 2021

    DOJ Blasts Indicted Chicken Exec Over 'Fishing Expedition'

    Prosecutors asked an Illinois federal judge Monday to block an indicted chicken producer executive's bid to subpoena Tyson Foods Inc., saying while they don't oppose efforts to obtain records to aid his defense, the request is a "fishing expedition" undermining their ongoing criminal probe into price-fixing in the broiler chicken industry.

  9. July 27, 2021

    Poultry Execs Cry Foul Over DOJ 'Interference' As Trial Looms

    Indicted poultry executives claimed that a plea deal Pilgrim's Pride Corp. entered in February with the U.S. Justice Department, as part of its probe into price-fixing in the broiler chicken industry, is preventing them from interviewing company employees as the defendants prepare for trial in Colorado federal court.

  10. May 03, 2021

    Poultry Execs Can't Get More Info From Prosecutors

    Indicted poultry executives have all the information they need to prepare for an August trial on criminal price-fixing charges, a Colorado federal judge has held in refusing to give the defendants any further insight into the U.S. Department of Justice case against them.

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