December 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice suffered a string of stinging setbacks in criminal antitrust cases this year but also extracted guilty pleas in emerging areas of enforcement, while private antitrust parties saw key rulings on patent and class issues.
October 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice recently dropped the last remaining charges stemming from its investigation into an alleged price-fixing conspiracy among the nation's largest chicken producers, conceding the final round of a disappointing fight for antitrust enforcers.
October 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped the last pending case stemming from its beleaguered price-fixing investigation in the chicken industry after a Colorado federal judge excluded much of the evidence against a pair of former Pilgrim's Pride executives.
October 06, 2022
A Colorado federal judge chastised attorneys for both sides in a chicken price-fixing case over what he called "half-hearted" responses to his repeated orders for the sides to confer prior to filing discovery motions.
September 27, 2022
A pair of former Pilgrim's Pride employees urged a Colorado federal court to toss criminal price-fixing charges against them, arguing that prosecutors fell short of alleging they were connected to a scheme to rig bids for chicken sold to restaurants and grocery chains.
September 02, 2022
A pair of former chicken executives facing criminal price fixing charges have urged a Colorado federal judge to block nearly 300 statements by alleged co-conspirators from their coming trial, arguing that many of the statements are now inadmissible because the speakers were acquitted of related charges.
August 30, 2022
Prosecutors have told a Colorado federal judge that there's no good reason to sever price-fixing charges against a pair of former poultry industry executives from the obstruction charges one of them faces, arguing that this would result in "two largely identical trials."
August 16, 2022
A Colorado federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to provide two former chicken industry executives with more information about the price-fixing charges filed against them, finding the disclosure is appropriate to allow the men to properly prepare a defense for trial.
August 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Colorado federal court to withhold grand jury transcripts from former chicken industry executives facing price-fixing accusations, saying that the officials haven't shown a specific need for the information.
August 08, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped criminal charges against two of four former Pilgrim's Pride executives, making it the latest setback for prosecutors in a broader investigation into alleged price-fixing in the broiler chicken industry.