Price-Fixing Lawsuit Against UEP and Certain Egg Farmers Back in the News
A legal notice was sent out July 10th (see below) announcing the opportunity to provide information for submitting claims in connection with previously-approved settlements with the following defendants: United Egg Producers and United States Egg Marketers (UEP/USEM), National Food Corporation, Midwest Poultry Services, L.P., NuCal Foods, Inc., and Hillandale Farms of Pa., Inc. and Hillandale-Gettysburg, L.P. in the price-fixing lawsuit [re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litig., No. 08-md-2002 (E.D. Pa.)].
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What is this lawsuit about?
Plaintiffs allege that Defendants listed above conspired to decrease the supply of eggs which caused the price of eggs to artificially increase and direct purchasers to pay more for Shell Eggs and Egg Products than they would have otherwise paid. Defendants have denied all liability for this conduct and asserted that their conduct was lawful and/or exempt from the antitrust laws, among other defenses.
Who is included in the Litigation Class?
The Litigation Class includes individuals/entities that purchased Shell Eggs in the U.S. directly from Defendants from 9/24/2004 through 12/31/2008. If you exclude yourself, you will not be entitled to share in any future distributions if Plaintiffs obtain money from a trial or future settlements. The deadline to exclude yourself is October 9, 2017.
