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Company: Tyson Foods Inc.
Current Parent Company: Tyson Foods
Penalty: $99,000,000
Year: 2021
Date: December 20, 2021
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Tyson Foods agreed to pay $99 million to end-use consumer plaintiffs to settle its role in a class action suit alleging price-fixing by broiler chicken producers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:16cv8637
Case Name: In Re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: poultry processing and meatpacking
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