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Company: Pilgrim's Pride
Current Parent Company: JBS
Penalty: $100,000,000
Year: 2025
Date: January 7, 2025
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Pilgrim's Pride agreed to pay $100 million to settle litigation alleging it conspired with other poultry companies to suppress the compensation paid to broiler chicken suppliers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 6:20-md-02977
Case Name: Broiler Chicken Grower Antitrust Litigation (No. II)
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: Brazil
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: meatpacking
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