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Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi v. Treehouse Foods, Inc. et al
Case Number:
1:16-cv-10632
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
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November 19, 2021
Attys Reap $7M From Deal Over Conagra Unit Purchase
An Illinois federal judge has granted more than $7 million in fees and costs to counsel who signed a $27 million securities fraud settlement over TreeHouse Foods Inc.'s $2.7 billion purchase of a Conagra Foods unit, two days after he gave the deal his final blessing.
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November 16, 2021
Investors Get Final OK For $27M Deal Over Conagra Unit Buy
An Illinois federal judge gave a final signoff Tuesday to a $27 million deal ending litigation over investors' claims that food manufacturer TreeHouse Foods Inc. overstated its success after buying a Conagra unit for $2.7 billion, wrongly inflating TreeHouse's stock price.
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July 27, 2021
Investors Settle For $27M In Fight Over ConAgra Unit Buy
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday granted initial approval to a $27 million settlement resolving investors' claims that private foods manufacturer TreeHouse Foods Inc. overstated its success after buying a $2.7 billion ConAgra Foods Inc. business and inflated its stock price.
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February 27, 2020
Pension Fund Made Class Rep Despite Being 'Cozy' With Attys
A pension fund's "cozy" relationship with its attorneys won't keep the institutional investor from being a good class representative in a proposed securities class action against Treehouse Foods, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday.
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April 04, 2019
TreeHouse Says Lead Investor 'Inadequate' As Class Rep
A Mississippi-based retirement fund is an "inadequate and atypical lead plaintiff" to represent a proposed class of investors claiming TreeHouse Foods misled them in a risky multibillion-dollar acquisition that backfired financially, the company argued.
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February 12, 2018
TreeHouse Foods Can't Ditch Investors' Suit Over $3.5B Buys
An Illinois federal judge Monday rejected TreeHouse Foods' bid to toss a putative class action claiming it deceptively touted acquisitions of a $2.7 billion ConAgra Foods business and another food maker as successful, saying the suit adequately alleges the manufacturer knowingly made false or misleading statements to investors.
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June 27, 2017
TreeHouse Foods Investors Fight To Keep Suit Over $2.7B Buy
Investors urged an Illinois federal court on Monday to deny TreeHouse Foods Inc.'s bid to toss their suit accusing it of overstating its success after buying a $2.7 billion ConAgra Foods Inc. business, arguing that TreeHouse's allegedly false and misleading statements in 2016 inflated its stock price.
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November 17, 2016
Investors Claim Packaged Food Maker Misled After $3B Buy
Investors hit TreeHouse Foods Inc. with a class action suit in Illinois federal court Wednesday, accusing the food product manufacturer of overstating its success after purchasing a portion of ConAgra Foods Inc.'s business, falsely inflating stock prices.