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IN RE TURKEY ANTITRUST LITIGATION

  1. March 31, 2026

    Agri Stats Antitrust Deal Includes End To Benchmark Reports

    Agri Stats Inc. has agreed to stop producing benchmarking reports for protein processors — or change how it puts them together — as part of proposed settlements ending three cases alleging price fixing in the chicken, pork and turkey industries, according to motions for preliminary approval filed Tuesday.

  2. March 26, 2026

    DOJ Takes Issue With Tyson Args In Turkey Price-Fixing Fight

    The U.S. Department of Justice has urged an Illinois federal court not to take up Tyson Foods' application of a Fourth Circuit decision in the turkey processor's bid to defeat consolidated antitrust litigation against poultry producers, saying the out-of-circuit decision conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

  3. March 13, 2026

    Agri Stats Cuts Chicken, Pork, Turkey Price-Fixing Deals

    Agri Stats Inc. reached settlements Friday with groups of buyers in separate cases over alleged price fixing in the chicken, pork and turkey industries, ending several sets of claims targeting use of its benchmarking reports by protein processors.

  4. January 02, 2026

    Turkey Antitrust Judge Urges Deal Talks 'One Last Time'

    The Illinois federal judge overseeing consolidated antitrust litigation against poultry producers has urged the parties to "one last time" consider settling, citing the cost, time and resources associated with the dispute and saying they shouldn't "be stubborn about their positions."

  5. August 14, 2025

    Cargill's $4M Deal Advances In Turkey Price-Fix Case

    An Illinois federal judge on Thursday granted his initial approval to a $4 million deal Cargill has reached with commercial and institutional indirect purchaser plaintiffs in antitrust litigation accusing poultry producers of conspiring to pad the price of the bird, saying the amount provides "tangible and substantial" relief to the class.

  6. July 07, 2025

    Burford Entities Can't Opt Out Of $32M Cargill Price-Fix Deal

    An Illinois federal judge Monday denied two Burford Capital entities' day-late bid to opt out of a $32 million price-fixing settlement between Cargill and a direct turkey purchasers class, rejecting their contention that their attorneys' busy schedule and separate actions they filed against the turkey producer warranted their exclusion.

  7. July 01, 2025

    Turkey Cos. Must Face Price-Fix Suit From Litigation Funder

    An Illinois federal judge rejected a summary judgment bid from major turkey processors fighting a price-fixing antitrust suit, ruling that a litigation funding company can continue to pursue claims against the poultry processors as a stand-in for wholesale food distributor plaintiffs.

  8. June 18, 2025

    Opt-Out 'Oversight' May Not Excuse Burford In Price-Fix Deal

    An Illinois federal judge considering a $32 million price-fixing settlement between turkey producer Cargill and a group of direct purchasers seemed skeptical Wednesday of two Burford Capitol subsidiaries' assertion that they should be considered excluded from the deal despite submitting their opt-out request a day late.

  9. June 12, 2025

    Turkey Buyers Fight Burford Units' Objection To Cargill Deal

    Direct purchasers of turkey have told the Illinois federal judge handling consolidated turkey price-fixing litigation that he should disregard two litigation funding subsidiaries' untimely attempt to lodge what they called a meritless challenge to a nearly finalized price-fixing settlement with Cargill Inc.

  10. January 30, 2025

    Turkey Buyers' $32M Cargill Price-Fix Deal Scores Early OK

    Turkey buyers' proposal for a $32 million settlement of price-fixing claims against Cargill sailed through the initial approval stage Thursday as an Illinois federal judge praised the deal as "substantial" relief for the class.