February 2025 By Jon Huang On Oct. 4, 2024, McDonalds sued the big four meat-packing corporations (Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef Packing Co.) who control 80% of the meatpacking market. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit alleged that the corporations fixed prices for beef, and accused them of anticompetitive measures such as collectively…
JBS to pay $83.5 million in class action settlement Source: ©IVAN KMIT – STOCK.ADOBE.COM 02.03.2025 By Rachael Oatman WASHINGTON — R-CALF, National Farmers Union and four fed cattle producers are seeking preliminary approval of a proposed $83.5 million class action settlement with JBS. In April 2019, the producer groups filed an antitrust suit against JBS,…
A Storm Lake Times Pilot Editorial Art Cullen January 23, 2025 This happened just last week: Cargill agreed to pay $32 million in a settlement over a lawsuit alleging price-fixing on turkey products. In a separate matter, meat processors JBS and Perdue agreed to settle federal investigations into child labor violations for $8 million. These…
Like commodity crop farmers, will the few remaining ranchers be forced to look to government rather than a competitive market for their income? By Gilles Stockton January 18, 2025 Is this what it is coming down to? From here on, will we be “ranching the government?” Grain farmers seem to be totally dependent upon government…
Building a truly permanent and sustainable food system Posted on January 2, 2025 by Mike Callicrate There’s a lot of talk about rebuilding local/regional food systems, sustainability, and regenerative practices, but it’s all talk until we restore farm gate income to a level that allows people to return to the land with a quality of…
Tyson, others pay $180M in settlements By Chris Moore on 12/26/2024 Nine poultry companies agreed to pay a total of $180M to settle claims they conspired to suppress wages of plant workers, according to a motion filed in a Maryland federal court earlier this week. The class of plaintiffs along with Allen Harim Foods, Amick…
By Stephen Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist & Brady Williams, Legal Counsel ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ Better Markets Dec 20 READ IN APP The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has returned nearly $20 billion to almost 200 million Americans ripped off by…
Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we celebrate AAG Kanter’s record and the FTC’s restoration of the Robinson-Patman Antitrust law. We also explore how China is using its dominance of key minerals to challenge President-elect Trump’s policies even before he takes office. Jonathan Kanter Leaves Greatest Antitrust Legacy in DOJ History …
Vilsack’s exit interview for the Beltway Art Cullen Dec 11 Tom Vilsack deserves a better exit interview than what he gave to Politico’s Jonathan Martin last week. Vilsack came across as irritated, which is familiar enough. The Democrats lost rural America. That’s a big part of the problem, and he is supposed to be Mr….
Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger and sues the grocery chain for failing to secure deal By DEE-ANN DURBIN Updated 7:36 AM MST, December 11, 2024 Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger and it is suing the grocery chain, saying it didn’t do enough to secure regulatory approval for the $24.6 billion…