February 08, 2010
Land O' Lakes Inc., United Egg Producers Inc. and a host of other defendants have asked the court to drop much of the direct purchasers' complaint in litigation accusing a slew of egg trade groups and agricultural companies of a long-running conspiracy to limit production and drive up prices.
June 12, 2009
Sparboe Farms Inc., the fifth-largest egg producer in the country, has become the first defendant to settle with direct purchasers in multidistrict litigation accusing a slew of egg trade groups and agricultural companies of a long-running conspiracy to limit production and drive up prices.