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Company: National Milk Producers Federation
Penalty: $52,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: June 26, 2017
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: The National Milk Producers Federation agreed to pay $52 million to settle litigation alleging its members participated in a conspiracy to get farmers to prematurely send their cows to slaughter in order to reduce supplies of raw milk, thus raising prices for consumers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 4:11cv4766
Case Name: Edwards et al v. National Milk Producers Federation et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Source of Data: 2016 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 9829
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