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Company: Simmons Foods
Penalty: $8,018,991
Year: 2023
Date: December 12, 2023
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Simmons Foods agreed to pay $8 million to direct purchaser plaintiffs to settle its role in litigation relating to price-fixing by chicken suppliers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:16-cv-08637
Case Name: In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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