October 24, 2022
The nation’s largest chicken producer, Tyson Foods, has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the company, along with 18 other broiler chicken producers, had been conspiring since 2008 to drive up chicken prices. Their actions allegedly caused consumers to overpay by millions of dollars, and violated the Washington Consumer Protection Act’s antitrust provisions. Two other broiler chicken producers have settled thus far—Mar-Jac Poultry for $725,000, and Fieldale Farms Corp. for $475,000—bringing the total recovery in this matter to $11.7 million. AG WATop Ten Federal Financial Fraud Recoveries of 2021
Posted 01/21/22
Largest-Ever Whistleblower Award Nets CFTC Tipster Almost $200 Million
Posted 10/22/21
Top Ten Non-Healthcare False Claims Act Recoveries of 2019
Posted 01/10/20
December 3, 2019
In the second settlement to come out of a federal investigation into the generic pharmaceutical industry, Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay over $4 million to settle civil and criminal charges stemming from violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. In the criminal case, Rising allegedly teamed up with a competing generic drug manufacturer to fix prices and divide up the market for a hypertension drug, Benazepril HCTZ, while in the civil case, the company allegedly paid and received illegal remuneration through similar arrangements with another generic drug manufacturer. Under the newly signed deferred prosecution agreement, Rising has agreed to cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation. DOJ; USAO EDPANew York Attorney General Scores For NFL Fans With NFL Agreement To Drop Mandatory Price Floor On Ticket Resales
Posted 11/17/16
By James J. Kovacs
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced a multi-state settlement with the National Football League (“NFL”) eliminating the NFL’s league-wide usage of a “mandatory price floor” in the secondary ticket market.
NFL rules had required all 32 teams to impose a mandatory price floor on secondary market ticket sales, not only on the NFL-owned Ticket Exchange website,...
November 8, 2016
Japanese auto maker Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. agreed to plead guilty and pay a $7.2 million criminal fine for its role in a criminal conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers and rig bids for automotive steel tubes sold to automobile manufacturers in the United States and elsewhere. DOJThe Antitrust Week In Review
Posted 08/15/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
South Korea says investigating whether Google broke antitrust laws. South Korea's antitrust regulator said on Friday it is looking into whether Google has violated the country's anticompetition laws, acknowledging formal scrutiny of the global internet search company for the first time. The Korea Fair...
The Antitrust Week In Review
Posted 02/29/16
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Dow Chemical settles price-fixing case after Justice Scalia's death. Dow Chemical has agreed to pay $835 million to settle a decade-long lawsuit on price fixing, saying that the death of Justice Antonin Scalia lessened its chances of overturning the verdict at the Supreme Court. Dow, which is in the...