April 14, 2023
A Chicago federal judge overseeing antitrust claims against some of American's largest suppliers of chicken meat has declined to hear a separate lawsuit in which Sysco Corp. says the litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. is illegally blocking it from settling its price-fixing allegations.
April 10, 2023
Sysco Corp. is pushing ahead with an effort to drag the litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. into antitrust proceedings the food distributor says are primed for settlement, despite Burford's objections, warning of a "piecemeal" result if the financier is left out of that case.
April 04, 2023
Amid a struggle over control of a big-dollar antitrust case against food giant Sysco Corp., litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. urged an Illinois federal court Monday not to join that case to an action filed by Sysco attacking an injunction that is blocking settlements in the price-fixing suit.
January 30, 2023
Broiler chicken buyers have opposed producers' bid to toss their state law claims in a massive price-fixing litigation in Illinois federal court, saying the relevant statutes apply to their consumer protection claims because their federal claims have already survived.
November 18, 2022
Chick-fil-A Inc. has agreed to settle its suit against Tyson Foods alleging the company conspired with other food producers to fix and inflate chicken prices, the latest deal in the litigation, according to a Friday filing in Illinois federal court.
November 01, 2022
Poultry grower George's has settled claims from Golden Corral, White Castle, Boston Market and nine other restaurant companies alleging it conspired with other food producers to inflate and fix chicken prices.
October 25, 2022
The Washington state attorney general's office reached a $10.5 million settlement with Tyson Foods in the enforcer's state lawsuit accusing more than a dozen chicken producers of conspiring to manipulate prices.
August 26, 2022
Walmart and some of its direct buyer peers accusing major broiler chicken producers of price-fixing defended a chunk of their allegations by telling an Illinois federal judge that Koch Foods, Wayne Farms and others "misunderstand basic conspiracy law."
June 24, 2022
An Illinois federal magistrate judge refused Thursday to let Costco Wholesale Corp. "circumvent" confidentiality protections for documents in a sprawling antitrust lawsuit accusing major chicken producers of price-fixing, documents Costco wanted to use in parallel arbitration against Tyson Foods Inc.
May 27, 2022
An Illinois federal judge on Friday certified classes of direct purchasers, indirect purchasers and end-user consumers in a sprawling antitrust lawsuit alleging more than a dozen major broiler chicken producers, including Sanderson Farms Inc. and Perdue Foods, conspired to limit chicken production to boost prices.