November 21, 2022
An Illinois federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss multidistrict litigation over alleged turkey price-fixing, saying that when the allegations are considered as a whole, both direct and indirect poultry buyers have done enough at this stage to give rise to an inference of a conspiracy.
October 21, 2022
An Illinois federal judge told firms involved in an evidentiary hearing that's part of multidistrict litigation over alleged turkey price-fixing that he explicitly wants junior attorneys to participate, converting it from a telephone hearing as a result.
March 17, 2022
Grocery giant Kroger Co. told an Illinois federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of turkey products that Butterball is asking for overly burdensome information about the grocer's turkey purchases going back nearly two decades.
February 07, 2022
An Illinois federal judge has approved Tyson Foods Inc.'s $4.62 million deal to resolve price-fixing claims brought by a class of direct turkey purchasers, which include wholesalers and distributors, marking the first settlement in sprawling antitrust litigation against major bird producers.
July 15, 2021
Major turkey producers like Cargill, Butterball and Perdue asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to force Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP to turn over a private investigator's materials backing the firm's price-fixing complaint, arguing attorney work-product privilege doesn't apply to investigations predating any actual client.
May 24, 2021
Tyson will be the first to settle out of dual price-fixing lawsuits against turkey producers, agreeing to pay wholesalers and distributors $4.62 million and provide "meaningful cooperation" against its peers in litigation by the direct purchaser plaintiffs.
November 04, 2020
An Illinois federal judge has refused to shift a price-fixing proposed class action against turkey producers into the same court where sprawling litigation is moving forward against chicken producers also accused of price-fixing.
October 20, 2020
An Illinois federal judge has allowed price-fixing allegations against two turkey producers to proceed but dismissed claims against Kraft.
January 16, 2020
Perdue, Cargill and other turkey producers have said there's no reason antitrust allegations against them must be heard by the same judge overseeing a similar sprawling case over chicken prices.
January 13, 2020
A pair of turkey purchasers suing Perdue, Tyson and other poultry producers for allegedly working together to pad the price of the bird want their allegations to be handled by the Illinois federal judge overseeing a similar sprawling case over chicken prices.