July 07, 2021
Tyson Foods will stop battling claims that it worked with rivals to fix the price of turkey after the meat processing giant reached a $1.75 million deal to escape the antitrust suit, according to documents filed in an Illinois federal court.
April 21, 2021
Tyson Foods Inc. and three subsidiaries lost their bid Wednesday for judgment on unjust enrichment claims in a proposed antitrust class action after an Illinois federal judge found that a catering company has plausibly accused the turkey producers of conducting an illegal price-fixing scheme.
January 08, 2021
A catering company accusing several turkey producers of conducting an illegal price-fixing scheme urged an Illinois federal judge Thursday to keep revised unjust enrichment claims in its antitrust suit, arguing it fixed the specificity issues that had initially caused them to fail.
October 27, 2020
An Illinois federal judge has trimmed unjust enrichment claims and some state claims in a consolidated price-fixing lawsuit accusing turkey producers of illegally trading confidential information to curb supply of the birds and inflate prices.
June 17, 2020
Perdue, Tyson and other turkey producers urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to toss consolidated price-fixing proposed class actions they say rely on "aggregated, industrywide data" with no showing that any particular company moved to lower supply and increase prices.
April 14, 2020
A New York deli has become the second turkey buyer to hit Perdue, Tyson, Butterball and other major poultry producers with a proposed class action claiming the industry conspired to hike the price of the birds.