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Company: Simmons Foods Inc.
Penalty: $12,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: March 28, 2022
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: Simmons agreed to pay $12 million to settle its role in a conspiracy among poultry companies to keep wage levels low.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Maryland
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:19cv2521
Case Name: Jien et al v. Perdue Farms, Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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