August 11, 2021
A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday awarded more than $34 million in attorney fees to class counsel who secured more than $100 million in settlement funds for a class of peanut farmers accusing three major peanut shelling companies of artificially flattening the price they paid for crops.
June 09, 2021
A group of farmers who accused three peanut-shelling giants of flattening the price growers are paid has urged a Virginia federal judge to give final approval to a $45 million settlement with Golden Peanut Co., the last defendant in the case.
December 02, 2020
A Virginia federal judge granted certification Wednesday to a group of farmers alleging three giant peanut shelling companies conspired to flatten the price of peanuts, ruling the farmers laid out a plausible case for antitrust violations and that the companies fell short in providing any strong argument against it.
November 02, 2020
Farmers who claim that three of the biggest names in peanut shelling have been conspiring to flatten the price of their crops asked a Virginia federal judge Monday to bless a $50 million settlement they reached with Birdsong Corp. in their proposed class action.
September 11, 2020
Farmers who claim that three of the biggest names in peanut shelling have been conspiring to flatten the price of their crops have asked a Virginia federal court to certify their class action so they can proceed as one.
May 29, 2020
Farmers and companies suing three of the largest players in the U.S. peanut shelling industry are asking a Virginia federal judge to postpone the start of their mid-January price-fixing trial for at least four months, citing coronavirus-related discovery challenges and an overlap with another case.
May 15, 2020
A Virginia federal judge has ruled that Birdsong Corp. and Golden Peanut Co. LLC, the largest players in the peanut shelling industry, cannot escape an antitrust suit accusing them of running a scheme to stabilize and hold down the cost of farmers' raw and harvested peanuts.