Chicken Growers’ $100M Compensation Suppression Pact With Pilgrim’s Pride Approved

( January 9, 2025, 9:05 AM EST) -- MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma granted final approval of a $100 million plus interest settlement between a nationwide class of growers and one of the poultry processors accused of conspiring to suppress their compensation in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Section 202 of the Packers and Stockyards Act and granted a motion for attorney fees, expenses and service awards....