Source:  Leah Douglas, THE FERN AG INSIDER, 6/24/19



The Department of Justice intervened Friday in a landmark price-fixing suit against the country’s biggest poultry companies, possibly signaling that its own grand jury investigation into the chicken sector could result in criminal indictments.  The DOJ asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to stop discovery in the class-action lawsuit brought by food distributor Maplevale Farm, saying in a motion that “a limited stay is needed to protect the grand jury’s investigation.” 

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