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In Re: Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
0:22-md-03031
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
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May 01, 2025
McDonald's Agrees To Drop Price-Fixing Suit Against Cargill
McDonald's Corp. has agreed to drop its claims against Cargill Inc. in litigation accusing major meat processing and packing companies of conspiring to fix beef prices, according to a joint announcement made by the companies.
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March 26, 2025
Sysco Can't Tap Out Of $50M Price-Fix Deal With JBS
Sysco can't back out of a $50 million agreement it made with JBS for the meat producer to exit sprawling litigation accusing it of working to fix the price of poultry, beef and pork, even though Sysco has since signed away its interest in the antitrust claims, a federal court has ruled.
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February 04, 2025
JBS Inks $83.5M Deal Over Ranchers' Beef Price-Fixing Claims
One of the nation's biggest meat producers has reached an $83.5 million deal to end claims it conspired with others in the industry to suppress the price ranchers are paid for raising feeder cattle.
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July 25, 2024
Plaintiffs Can't Expand Beef Price Fixing Suit, Court Told
Beef producers defending against antitrust claims are telling a Minnesota federal judge that a proposed class of ranchers are too late to take their newest proposed complaint to court, arguing that the case should be permanently tossed after two failed attempts to get past the pleading stage.
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June 03, 2024
Burford-Sysco Plaintiff Swap Stays Nixed In Price-Fixing Case
A Minnesota federal judge refused Monday to let a unit of legal investment firm Burford Capital substitute for Sysco Corp. as plaintiff in sprawling price-fixing lawsuits against pork and beef producers, agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusions that allowing a litigation funder to dictate antitrust settlements "could have a detrimental impact."
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May 28, 2024
Ranchers' Claims Again Tossed From Beef Price-Fixing MDL
A Minnesota federal judge has once again thrown out beef price-fixing claims brought by ranchers who raise cattle and calves, ruling Tuesday that the ranchers still haven't clearly established they are directly affected by the alleged scheme.
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March 11, 2024
Burford, Sysco Can't Swap In Price-Fixing Suits, Court Told
A magistrate judge was right to point to the underlying facts and public policy when denying an attempt to substitute a Burford Capital affiliate for Sysco in sprawling price-fixing lawsuits against pork and beef producers, the beef producers told a Minnesota federal court.
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February 26, 2024
Burford, Sysco Object To Nixed Swap In Price-Fixing Suits
Restaurant food distributor Sysco and a Burford Capital affiliate both objected to a federal magistrate judge's decision not to allow the affiliate to replace Sysco in sprawling price-fixing lawsuits against pork and beef producers, asserting that the denial contravenes civil procedure rules and public policy.
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February 09, 2024
Burford Can't Sub For Sysco In Pork, Beef Price-Fixing Suits
Legal investment firm Burford Capital cannot substitute for Sysco in sprawling price-fixing lawsuits against pork and beef producers because doing so would extend the litigation just so Burford can maximize its return on investment, a Minnesota federal judge ruled Friday.
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August 18, 2023
Rancher Claims Culled From Beef Price-Fixing MDL
Ranchers who raise cattle and calves at the beginning of the beef product cycle are too far removed from Cargill, JBS, National Beef Packing and Tyson to pursue the packing giants in a broader price-fixing multidistrict litigation, a Minnesota federal judge has ruled.