Tag: Chicken
Pilgrim’s Pride Execs Escape Antitrust Suit
On Monday a US judge dismissed federal charges against two former Pilgrim's Pride executives who were among other chicken industry leaders charged last year...
US Chicken Mega Merger Moves Forward Despite Probes
A mega-merger between two of the country’s largest poultry processing companies is underway even as the Biden administration attempts to clamp down on antitrust...
Don’t be Chicken to Meet–The Case for Preindictment Meetings
By: Robert Connolly (Cartel Capers)
If you have been following the price-fixing trials against the chicken industry executives, you know that after failing to convict...
DOJ To Probe Chicken Producers Over Wage Info
The US Justice Dept has said it may probe chicken producers in order to determine whether they were engaged in alleged anticompetitive practices, reported...
Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Visit DOJ and...
By: Robert Connolly (Cartel Capers)
A. The Broiler Chicken Civil Litigation/Criminal Indictment
On June 3, 2020, a grand jury in Colorado returned an indictment...
US: Tyson’s price-fixing lawsuit dismissed
On July 28, US District Court Judge Timothy Brooks dismissed a shareholders lawsuit against meat producer Tyson Foods Inc. The lawsuit alleged that the...