In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

1:16-cv-08637

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

791(Labor: E.R.I.S.A.)

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Honorable Thomas M. Durkin

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  1. October 16, 2023

    Sanderson Farms Seeks Judgment Amid Price-Fixing Trial

    Plaintiffs claiming Sanderson Farms conspired with other producers to restrict the supply of chicken have failed to provide the Chicago federal jury currently hearing the case with an evidentiary basis for that claim or for the existence of a larger price-fixing conspiracy, the poultry giant told an Illinois federal judge Friday in a bid to win the case outright.

  2. October 13, 2023

    Ill. Judge OKs $75M More In Chicken Price-Fixing Deals

    An Illinois federal judge gave his initial blessing Friday to chicken buyers' bid to add $75 million to the pot of settlements they've reached in a massive consolidated price-fixing case, bringing their total prospective recovery to more than $284 million.

  3. October 06, 2023

    Chicken Buyers Seek OK On $75M More In Price-Fixing Deals

    Direct purchasers in a massive consolidated chicken price-fixing case asked an Illinois federal judge on Friday to bless another $75 million in settlements they reached with House of Raeford Farms and Koch Foods ahead of an ongoing jury trial.

  4. September 18, 2023

    Sanderson Was Chicken Price-Fixing Ringleader, Jury Told

    Sanderson Farms was one of three masterminds behind a scheme that brought 14 broiler chicken producers together in a conspiracy to raise prices by limiting their supply, causing more than $2 billion in overcharges, an Illinois federal jury heard Monday.

  5. September 15, 2023

    DOJ Losses Cast Shadow Over Chicken Price-Fixing Trial

    The first civil jury trial in massive consolidated litigation accusing the nation's largest chicken suppliers of fixing prices is set to kick off in Chicago federal court Monday, and antitrust experts say they'll be watching to see what both sides have learned from the U.S. Department of Justice's recently fumbled criminal probe over the same alleged conduct.

  6. August 15, 2023

    Antitrust Watchers Are About To Have Their Hands Full

    A deluge of trials and key hearings are slated for the coming weeks in antitrust cases spread across the country, including the first expected trials for monopolization claims against Google, trials in a variety of other conduct cases from enforcers and private parties, and hearings on several merger challenges.

  7. July 24, 2023

    Burford Continues Push For Sysco Sub In Chicken Price Suit

    Federal antitrust claims are "freely assignable," food giant Sysco and its former financial backer, Burford Capital, told an Illinois court Friday as they defended Burford's requested substitution into a chicken price-fixing case.

  8. July 19, 2023

    Consumers' $2.9M Deal With Harrison Poultry Gets Initial OK

    An Illinois federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $2.9 million settlement between consumer plaintiffs and Harrison Poultry Inc. in a consolidated antitrust case over claims that broiler chicken producers engaged in unlawful price-fixing.

  9. July 13, 2023

    Chicken Cos. Object To Sysco-Burford Swap In Price-Fix Suits

    The nation's largest chicken producers are crying foul over food distributor Sysco's attempt to let litigation funder Burford Capital take over a sprawling series of poultry price-fixing lawsuits, saying the move smacks of "invalid champerty" — the ancient legal doctrine that bars the purchase of civil claims by "strangers."

  10. July 10, 2023

    Burford Affiliate Fights To Sub For Sysco In Price-Fixing Suits

    An affiliate of litigation funding giant Burford Capital pressed a Minnesota federal judge to let it replace Sysco as a plaintiff in sprawling price-fixing lawsuits against pork and beef producers following the resolution of Sysco and Burford's separate fight over who controlled Sysco's litigation future.