July 07, 2016
Groups of dairy farmers who obtained a $50 million settlement from Dairy Farmers of America in a milk price-fixing case said Thursday that they will appeal a Vermont federal judge's order awarding $7 million in attorneys' fees instead of the $16.6 million the groups' lawyers had sought.
June 14, 2016
Attorneys who negotiated a $50 million settlement for a class of dairy farmers in a milk price-fixing case will receive $7 million in fees instead of their $16.6 million request, a Vermont federal judge said Tuesday, saying a smaller cut will bring further benefit to the farmers at a time when milk prices remain low.
March 25, 2016
Attorneys who helped negotiate a $50 million settlement between Dairy Farmers of America Inc. and farmers alleging a milk price-fixing conspiracy urged a Vermont federal judge Thursday to grant $16.6 million in attorneys' fees, saying the amount is reasonable in light of the benefits the deal has achieved.
February 09, 2016
A Vermont federal judge has signed off on a proposed $50 million settlement between Dairy Farmers of America Inc. and farmers alleging a milk price-fixing conspiracy after having twice rejected a prior version of the deal as unfair and inadequate.
September 01, 2015
A Vermont federal judge on Tuesday again refused to approve a proposed $50 million settlement between Dairy Farmers of America Inc. and farmers alleging a milk pricing conspiracy, ruling the revised deal wouldn't satisfy some farmers who opposed the previous version.
August 07, 2015
Dairy farmers asked again Thursday for a Vermont federal court's final approval of a $50 million deal with Dairy Farmers of America Inc. to end a milk pricing conspiracy class action, saying a new version addresses objectors' realistic concerns.
July 01, 2015
A Vermont federal judge denied on Tuesday a request by a dairy farmer subclass for new counsel in the wake of her March rejection of a $50 million settlement in the multidistrict litigation over allegations of a milk pricing conspiracy.
April 01, 2015
A federal judge on Tuesday denied final approval of a $50 million settlement between Dairy Farmers of America Inc. and farmers alleging a milk pricing conspiracy, saying that she didn't think the proposed deal was in the best interest of the class.
February 09, 2015
A dairy industry trade group leader objected Monday to a proposed settlement that calls for Dairy Farmers of America Inc. to pay dairy farmers $50 million to settle a consolidated antitrust class action over an alleged pricing conspiracy in the Northeast, saying the deal leaves out many milk producers affected by the conduct.
July 15, 2014
The cooperative Dairy Farmers of America Inc. and affiliated Dairy Marketing Services LLC have agreed to pay dairy farmers $50 million to settle a consolidated antitrust class action alleging a conspiracy with major food companies to drive down milk prices in the Northeast.