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United States of America v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation et al
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March 11, 2025
DOJ, Wayne-Sanderson Spar Over Data Sharing Deal
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Maryland federal court that Wayne-Sanderson Farms is continuing to share wage information despite a settlement over the practice, while the poultry producer argued that it does not exchange any competitively sensitive information.
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February 20, 2025
DOJ Keeps Focus In Agri Stats Case Off Specific Data
A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused Wednesday to force the U.S. Department of Justice to provide Agri Stats a line-by-line recitation of particular problematic data fields in the company's protein industry reports, finding the agency's explanations about how those reports can facilitate price-fixing are "adequately responsive."
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January 31, 2025
DOJ Says Agri Stats Case About 'Broad' Ploy, Not Specific Data
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Minnesota federal judge not to turn its antitrust case against Agri Stats into something it isn't: a line-by-line recitation about particular problematic data fields in the company's protein industry reports, rather than "a broad, multifaceted, and interconnected information exchange conspiracy."
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January 22, 2025
Wayne-Sanderson Flouting Wage-Fix Settlement, DOJ Says
The Justice Department is accusing poultry giant Wayne-Sanderson Farms of shirking its obligations under a settlement resolving wage-suppression allegations, asking a Maryland federal court to put a freeze on any information sharing by the company through Agri Stats and to impose a multiyear extension on its 10-year consent decree.
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August 04, 2023
WilmerHale Link Prompts Judge To Offer DQ In Cargill Suit
A Maryland federal judge overseeing an antitrust action accusing poultry processors of scheming to suppress wages issued a letter Friday offering to disqualify herself from the case after Cargill Meat Solutions hired an attorney from WilmerHale, the same firm where the judge's husband was once a partner.
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May 17, 2023
Another Poultry Co. Cuts Deal With DOJ Over Wage Fixing
The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday that George's Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it conspired with other poultry processors to suppress wages and will pay $5.8 million to compensate processing plant workers.
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July 25, 2022
Cargill, Others To Pay $85M Over DOJ Wage-Fixing Claims
Cargill Inc. and other poultry producers are on the hook for nearly $85 million in compensation to processing plant workers subjected to an alleged wage-fixing scheme under a civil settlement the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday as it continues to ramp up its campaign against labor-side antitrust violations.