May 03, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice defended its antitrust chief from poultry executives facing a third price-fixing trial who say he tainted the jury pool with public remarks that improperly "vilify defendants," with the agency arguing his comments addressed unrelated criminal prosecutions that had already gone to verdict.
April 27, 2022
Poultry executives have asked a Colorado federal judge for more time during jury selection and more power to unilaterally exclude jurors from their third price-fixing trial, accusing the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief of tainting the jury pool with public remarks that improperly "vilify defendants."
April 25, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice notified a Colorado federal court Monday that it has officially decided to move forward with an extraordinary third trial against chicken industry executives facing criminal price-fixing charges, saying that after "careful consideration" it has decided that proceeding with the prosecution is worth it.
April 18, 2022
Federal prosecutors in Colorado could face long odds as they take a third stab at attempting to prove poultry executives engaged in a vast price-fixing scheme, contending with a skeptical judge and evidence that twice failed to convince juries as they seek a sorely needed win.
April 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice appears intent on pushing forward with an extraordinary third trial against poultry executives accused of price-fixing, defending the Colorado federal court allegations Friday against acquittal bids in part by arguing that it doesn't matter that the prosecution has already ended in two hung juries.
April 15, 2022
A Colorado federal judge told the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust chief during a hearing in Denver on Thursday to think about whether an extraordinary third trial on criminal price-fixing charges against poultry industry executives would meet the agency's prosecutorial standards.
April 05, 2022
In the wake of a second mistrial in their case, a trio of chicken industry executives once again asked a Colorado federal court to free them from litigation accusing them of price-fixing, arguing that the government's case lacks evidence and isn't likely to convince a future jury to convict them.
April 01, 2022
A Colorado federal judge on Friday scheduled an April 8 hearing at which U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Jonathan Kanter will have to personally explain why a virtually unheard-of third trial accusing chicken industry executives of price-fixing won't be a waste of time after two mistrials.
March 31, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice is slimming down its allegations that chicken industry executives orchestrated a sprawling scheme to fix prices ahead of an extraordinary third attempt to prosecute a case that has spanned two administrations and tested a trial judge's patience.
March 29, 2022
A Colorado federal jury was unable to reach a verdict Tuesday as to any of the 10 chicken industry executives facing government allegations of a sprawling scheme to fix prices, resulting in the case's second mistrial, one of the executive's attorneys confirmed to Law360.