In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

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. July 03, 2023

    Chicken Price-Fixing Case Pared Down As Trial Approaches

    An Illinois federal judge has shaved seven defendants and two theories of liability from a massive consolidated antitrust case that is otherwise headed to trial in September over claims that broiler chicken producers including Tyson Foods engaged in an unlawful price-fixing scheme.

  2. June 29, 2023

    Harrison Poultry Inks $2.8M Deal In Price-Fixing Suit

    Commercial and institutional indirect purchaser plaintiffs in a yearslong price-fixing suit against multiple chicken suppliers have asked an Illinois federal judge for preliminary approval of their $2.8 million settlement with Harrison Poultry Inc., saying the company has agreed to the deal.

  3. June 28, 2023

    Burford, Sysco Agree To Drop Litigation Funding Suits

    Sysco Corp. and litigation funder Burford Capital have both agreed to voluntarily dismiss their respective suits against each other in a heated dispute in which Sysco claimed Burford blocked the food distributor from settling price-fixing claims against chicken suppliers, according to a pair of notices filed on Wednesday.

  4. June 26, 2023

    7th Circ. Rejects Challenge To Chicken Deal Sharing Language

    A Seventh Circuit panel refused to upend a district court order preserving poultry producers' judgment sharing agreement that may disadvantage chicken buyers in settlement talks with producers accused of price-fixing.

  5. June 12, 2023

    Chicken Buyers Get OK For $8M Simmons Price-Fixing Deal

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday gave his preliminary signoff for a roughly $8 million deal between Simmons Foods and direct purchasers accusing major chicken suppliers of price-fixing, bringing the total recovery for the group to nearly $189 million.

  6. April 14, 2023

    Sysco Barred From Dragging Burford Into Broiler Chicken Suit

    A Chicago federal judge overseeing antitrust claims against some of American's largest suppliers of chicken meat has declined to hear a separate lawsuit in which Sysco Corp. says the litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. is illegally blocking it from settling its price-fixing allegations.

  7. April 10, 2023

    Sysco Pushing To Drag Burford Into Antitrust Proceedings

    Sysco Corp. is pushing ahead with an effort to drag the litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. into antitrust proceedings the food distributor says are primed for settlement, despite Burford's objections, warning of a "piecemeal" result if the financier is left out of that case.

  8. April 04, 2023

    Burford Fights Sysco Bid To Join Antitrust, Injunction Cases

    Amid a struggle over control of a big-dollar antitrust case against food giant Sysco Corp., litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. urged an Illinois federal court Monday not to join that case to an action filed by Sysco attacking an injunction that is blocking settlements in the price-fixing suit.

  9. January 30, 2023

    Chicken Buyers Fight Bid To Toss Price-Fixing Claims

    Broiler chicken buyers have opposed producers' bid to toss their state law claims in a massive price-fixing litigation in Illinois federal court, saying the relevant statutes apply to their consumer protection claims because their federal claims have already survived.

  10. November 18, 2022

    Chick-Fil-A Latest Eatery To Settle Poultry Price-Fixing Claims

    Chick-fil-A Inc. has agreed to settle its suit against Tyson Foods alleging the company conspired with other food producers to fix and inflate chicken prices, the latest deal in the litigation, according to a Friday filing in Illinois federal court.