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U.S. Department of Justice Launches “Anticompetitive Regulations” Task Force

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In the first major initiative of the Antitrust Division within the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice, the DOJ announced on March 28, 2025 the creation of a task force to “advocate for the elimination of...more

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Antitrust Division Signals Increased Enforcement in Agricultural Sector, Requiring Divestitures in Grain Elevator Transaction to...

While campaigning in 2020, President Biden broadcast his concern about increased market concentration in American agribusiness. To address perceived “monopolistic markets,” he promised to “protect small and medium-sized...more

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DOJ Adds Six New Defendants to Price-Fixing Boiler Chicken Conspiracy

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The Justice Department announced a major expansion of its ongoing investigation and prosecution of executives and employees in the boiler chicken price-fixing conspiracy....more

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Antitrust Compliance Lessons Learned from Chicken Price-Fixing investigation and Indictment (Part III of III)

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The Antitrust Division’s recent indictment of the boiler chicken executives provided an important reminder to compliance officers on the importance of an effective antitrust compliance program....more

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The Criminal Chicken Price-Fixing Conspiracy (Part II of III)

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The recent indictment of four executives involved in a long-running price-fixing scheme among broiler chicken suppliers provides an important window into how such conspiracies work and evade detection....more

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Justice Department’s Antitrust Division Charges Four Executives in Chicken Price-Fixing Investigation (Part I of III)

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division recently announced the indictment in Colorado federal court of four executives from two chicken producer companies for participation in a long-running price-fixing and bid-rigging...more

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