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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
1:16-cv-08637
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Croke Fairchild
- Sidley Austin
- Altair Law
- Edelson Lechtzin
- Freed Kanner
- Matt Singer Law
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Benesch
- Frankfurt Kurnit
- ArentFox Schiff
- Ahern & Associates
- Cotsirilos Poulos
- Litwin Kach
- Joseph D. Carney & Associates
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Amundsen Davis
- Manning Gross
- Axinn Veltrop
- Vedder Price
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Clement & Murphy
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Katten Muchin
- Cadwalader Wickersham
- Dentons
- Winston & Strawn
- Kohn Swift
- Shindler Anderson
- Paul Hastings
- Law Office of Thomas J. Nolan
- Moore & Van Allen
- Law Group of Northwest Arkansas
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- TottisLaw
- Lockridge Grindal
- Aronberg Goldgehn
- Miller Shakman
- Manning Law Firm
- Hogan Lovells
- Patzik Frank
- Coffman Law Firm
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Salvatore Prescott
- Wollmuth Maher
- Bancroft PLLC
- Barrett Johnston
- Hammond Law
- Carlton Fields
- Hammond Law PC
- Conner & Winters
- Stinson LLP
- Spector Roseman
- Greenspoon Marder
- Goldman Scarlato
- Heins Mills
- Seeger Weiss
- Zelle LLP
- Hunt Ortmann
- Swanson Martin
- ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Sherman Atlas
- Neal Gerber
- FeganScott
- Lite DePalma
- Wexler Boley
- Hamilton Lincoln
- Almeida Law Group
- MoloLamken
- Rachlis Duff
- Smith Gambrell
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Boies Schiller
- Reichman Jorgensen
- DLA Piper
- Fox Swibel
- Kasowitz Benson
- Block Firm
- Littler Mendelson
- Lynch Thompson
- Vaughan & Murphy
- NastLaw
- Miller Canfield
- Hagens Berman
- DiCello Levitt
- Wiley Rein
- Marcus & Shapira
- Williams Barber
- Marks & Klein
- Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles
- BoiesBattin
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Pearson Warshaw
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Criden & Love
- Barack Ferrazzano
- Raines Feldman
- Kaplan Fox
- Sherrard Roe
- Butler Reichline
- Bartko Pavia
- Harper Little
- Jordan Price Wall
- Preti Flaherty
- D. Klar Law
- Baron Harris
- Falkenberg Ives
- Stearns Weaver
- Covington & Burling
- Greenberg Traurig
- Carpenter Lipps
- Weil Gotshal
- Kutak Rock
- Ridley McGreevy
- McGuireWoods
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Skadden Arps
- Kellogg Hansen
- Proskauer Rose
- Shook Hardy
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Cotchett Pitre
- Jones Day
- Taus Cebulash
- Cooley LLP
- Paul Weiss
- Bilzin Sumberg
- Steven Williams Law
- Hunton Andrews
- Lipe Lyons
- Gustafson Gluek
- Quinn Emanuel
- L&G Law Group
- Dykema
- Eimer Stahl
- Wheeler Trigg
- Bailey Brauer
- Strauss Borrelli
- Cohen Milstein
- Karon LLC
- Vinson & Elkins
- Law Offices of Michael M. Mulder
- Sperling Kenny
- Clark Hill
- Susman Godfrey
- Alston & Bird
- Riley Safer
- Milberg Coleman
- Kirby McInerney
- Baker Donelson
- Polsinelli PC
- Venable LLP
- Stranch Jennings
- Jackson Lewis PC
- Hart McLaughlin
- Fine Kaplan
- Jenner & Block
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Hellmuth & Johnson
- Hinkle Shanor
- Saveri & Saveri
- Wallace Miller
- Mayer Brown
- White & Case
Companies
- Boston Market Corp.
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- White Castle Management Co.
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.
- Zaxby's Holdings LLC
- McDonald's Corp.
- Nestle Purina PetCare Co.
- Associated Grocers of New England
- Conagra Brands Inc.
- Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
- Peco Foods Inc.
- Amick Farms
- John Soules Foods Inc.
- Save Mart Supermarkets
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- Wawa Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- Whatabrands LLC
- Tyson Foods Inc.
- Aramark
- Nestle SA
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Maximum Quality Foods
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Case Farms LLC
- Costco
- Hy-Vee
- Simmons Foods Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- FOCUS Brands Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Brinker International Inc.
- Darden Restaurants Inc.
- The Golub Corp.
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Certco Inc.
- Fieldale Farms Corp.
- Bi-Lo
- George's Inc.
- Ahold Delhaize
- Ferraro Foods Inc.
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- The Cheesecake Factory Inc.
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Caesars Entertainment Inc.
- Campbell Soup Co.
- Rabobank
- Walmart Inc.
- Ahold Delhaize USA
- Aldi GmbH & Co. KG
- Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- The Fresh Market Inc.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Bloomin' Brands Inc.
- Mar-Jac Poultry
- Gordon Food Service Inc.
- Sodexo SA
- Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
- Panda Restaurant Group Inc.
- Perdue Farms Inc.
- Pinnacle Foods Inc.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- Sanderson Farms Inc.
- Target Corp.
- Carl Buddig & Co.
- Hooters LLC
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- CKE Restaurants Inc.
- Shamrock Foods Co.
- Koch Foods
- Domino's Pizza Inc.
- Agri Stats Inc.
- Sherwood Food Distributors LLC
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Captain D's LLC
- House of Raeford Farms Inc.
- Foster Farms
- Sam's Club
- Compass Group PLC
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Checkers Drive In Restaurants Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Chick-fil-A Inc.
- Keystone Foods LLC
- The Kraft Heinz Co.
- Whataburger Restaurants LLC
- Services Group of America
Sectors & Industries:
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May 20, 2025
Indirect Chicken Buyers' Attys Seek Additional $12M In Fees
Attorneys for commercial and institutional indirect purchaser plaintiffs in sprawling antitrust litigation against the nation's top poultry producers asked an Illinois federal judge Monday to approve roughly $12 million in additional attorney fees after they secured more than $41 million in additional deals since a prior fee motion.
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March 05, 2025
Indirect Chicken Buyers' $41.3M Price-Fixing Deal Gets Initial OK
An Illinois federal judge gave his initial signoff Wednesday to more than $41 million in settlements between major chicken producers and indirect chicken buyers who accused them of illegally conspiring to fix prices, calling the proposal a substantial recovery to otherwise risky litigation.
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February 12, 2025
Poultry Producers Can't Dodge Bid-Rigging Claims In MDL
An Illinois federal judge trimmed on Tuesday some conspiracy claims from a massive antitrust case against chicken producers, including Pilgrim's Pride and over a dozen others, but kept intact other bid-rigging allegations, finding that a class of restaurants and other direct buyers plausibly alleged the companies increased prices in parallel.
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December 18, 2024
Pilgrim's Pride Gets Chicken Exit OK Under Contested Deal
Pilgrim's Pride is able to formally duck Sysco chicken price-fixing claims picked up by a Burford Capital LLC unit after an Illinois federal judge once again ruled that the companies are bound by a settlement between Pilgrim's Pride and Sysco that the litigation funding giant contested as too small.
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October 17, 2024
Burford Again Loses Fight Against Meat Price-Fixing Deal
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday refused for a second time to let a Burford Capital LLC unit unbind itself from a global settlement Pilgrim's Pride and Sysco entered to resolve chicken, pork and beef price-fixing claims.
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August 20, 2024
Burford Fights Order Backing Chicken Price-Fixing Settlement
A Burford Capital Unit tried again Monday to unbind itself from a chicken price-fixing settlement that Sysco sealed via email with Pilgrim's Pride, arguing in Illinois federal court that the Seventh Circuit has criticized the order backing the settlement as "fatally flawed."
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August 13, 2024
Eateries Can't Stop $75M Settlements In Chicken Antitrust Suit
An Illinois federal judge granted final approval Tuesday to $75 million in settlements between direct chicken purchasers and House of Raeford Farms and Koch Foods in a massive consolidated price-fixing case, denying an objection by restaurants, which he said could not second-guess class counsel's decisions after failing to opt out.
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July 24, 2024
Last Holdouts Avoid Trial With Deal Over Chicken Price-Fixing
Chicken buyer plaintiffs say they've reached a settlement with Mountaire Farms and Koch Foods in their suit against the country's biggest broiler chicken producers for allegedly conspiring to raise prices, telling an Illinois federal judge to call off the trial that had been scheduled for September.
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July 19, 2024
OK Foods, Consumers Reach Deal In Chicken Price-Fixing Suit
Consumers accusing the nation's largest broiler chicken producers of coordinating and limiting chicken production to raise prices have told an Illinois federal judge that they've reached a settlement in principle with O.K. Foods, O.K. Farms and O.K. Industries.
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July 17, 2024
Ill. Judge Signals Issue With Chicken Consumers' Expert
An Illinois federal judge signaled Wednesday that he was unlikely to allow chicken end users' economics expert to testify about damages they suffered in an alleged price-fixing conspiracy if the expert cannot focus his opinion on just the conduct allowed to be heard at trial.