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Hagens Berman: Class-Action Lawsuit Uncovers Years-Long “Unparalleled” Antitrust Scheme by Tyson, Perdue and Others to Raise Chicken Prices

A new class-action lawsuit has unveiled an eight-year-long antitrust, price-fixing scheme brought by major food conglomerates, including Tyson and Perdue Farms, alleging they killed hens, flocks and destroyed eggs to limit production and raise the price of 98 percent of the chicken sold in the U.S. by nearly 50 percent, according to Hagens Berman. The suit calls the …


Antitrust Class Action: Poultry Producers Manipulated Market, Kept Chicken Prices Too High

Maplevale Farms, one of the country’s leading food service providers, has brought a federal class action antitrust lawsuit against the country’s top poultry producers, alleging they conspired to hatch a plan to manipulate the supply of chicken to keep the price of the birds artificially high, harvesting bumper profits. On Sept. 2, New York-based Maplevale filed its complaint in Chicago federal …