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IN RE TURKEY ANTITRUST LITIGATION
Case Number:
1:19-cv-08318
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Ahern & Associates
- Axinn Veltrop
- Barrett Law Group
- Bona Law PC
- Carpenter Lipps
- Clausen Miller
- Clifford Law Offices
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Dentons
- Eimer Stahl
- Faegre Drinker
- Falkenberg Ives
- Foley & Lardner
- Greene Espel
- Hagens Berman
- Hogan Lovells
- Jordan Price
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Kopka Pinkus
- Larson King
- Lipe Lyons
- Lockridge Grindal
- Manning Fulton
- Mayer Brown
- Miller Canfield
- Murray Plumb
- Pearson Warshaw
- Preti Flaherty
- Proskauer Rose
- Rhoades McKee
- Tostrud Law Group
- Vedder Price
- Venable LLP
- Vinson & Elkins
- Wittels McInturff
- Zimmerman Reed
Companies
- Agri Stats Inc.
- Aramark
- Bi-Lo
- Butterball LLC
- Cargill Inc.
- Cooper Farms Inc.
- Foster Farms
- Hormel Foods Corp.
- House of Raeford Farms Inc.
- Jennie-O Turkey Store LLC
- Michigan Turkey Producers LLC
- Perdue Farms Inc.
- The Kraft Heinz Co.
- The Kroger Co.
- Tyson Foods Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
Sectors & Industries:
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April 29, 2024
Turkey Cos. Seek Swift Appeal Of Burford's Ability To Sue
Some of the country's largest turkey producers have asked an Illinois federal court for permission to immediately appeal a March ruling that allows a Burford Capital investment unit to pursue price-fixing allegations against them, arguing the Seventh Circuit should weigh in on whether the investor is permitted to bring such a claim.
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March 29, 2024
'Antiquated' Doctrine Can't Cut Burford Unit From Turkey Suit
An Illinois federal judge has refused to block a Burford Capital investment unit from pursuing price-fixing allegations in a consolidated case against major turkey producers, saying federal law largely no longer recognizes the "antiquated" doctrine the producers cited to invalidate the claim.
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March 04, 2024
Turkey Cos., Burford Unit Fight Over Refused Swap's Meaning
Turkey giants like Cargill, Perdue and Tyson trying to evade price-fixing allegations traded blows Friday in Illinois federal court with a Burford Capital affiliate over the meaning of a federal magistrate judge's ruling in separate litigation refusing to let a different Burford affiliate swap in as a plaintiff.
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January 29, 2024
Turkey Giants Look To Defeat Buyers' Cert. Bid In Illinois
Butterball, Hormel, Perdue and other poultry producers fighting price-fixing claims in Illinois have argued the litigation's direct purchasers shouldn't receive class treatment because too many variables impact turkey prices for common evidence to support their claims.
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November 21, 2022
Turkey Producers Can't Duck Antitrust Claims
An Illinois federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss multidistrict litigation over alleged turkey price-fixing, saying that when the allegations are considered as a whole, both direct and indirect poultry buyers have done enough at this stage to give rise to an inference of a conspiracy.
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October 21, 2022
Judge Wants Junior Attys Only For Turkey Discovery Hearing
An Illinois federal judge told firms involved in an evidentiary hearing that's part of multidistrict litigation over alleged turkey price-fixing that he explicitly wants junior attorneys to participate, converting it from a telephone hearing as a result.
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March 17, 2022
Kroger Fights Butterball's Turkey Price-Fix Subpoena
Grocery giant Kroger Co. told an Illinois federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of turkey products that Butterball is asking for overly burdensome information about the grocer's turkey purchases going back nearly two decades.
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February 07, 2022
Tyson's $4.6M Direct Turkey Buyer Deal Gets Final OK
An Illinois federal judge has approved Tyson Foods Inc.'s $4.62 million deal to resolve price-fixing claims brought by a class of direct turkey purchasers, which include wholesalers and distributors, marking the first settlement in sprawling antitrust litigation against major bird producers.
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July 15, 2021
Turkey Cos. Say Hagens Berman Can't Shield Price-Fix Probe
Major turkey producers like Cargill, Butterball and Perdue asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to force Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP to turn over a private investigator's materials backing the firm's price-fixing complaint, arguing attorney work-product privilege doesn't apply to investigations predating any actual client.
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May 24, 2021
Tyson 1st To Settle In Turkey Price-Fix Case With $4.6M Deal
Tyson will be the first to settle out of dual price-fixing lawsuits against turkey producers, agreeing to pay wholesalers and distributors $4.62 million and provide "meaningful cooperation" against its peers in litigation by the direct purchaser plaintiffs.