Cases & Deals

National Beef Packing Company defends against antitrust suit

Client(s) National Beef Packing Company, LLC

Jones Day represented National Beef Packing Company, LLC in obtaining dismissal of putative antitrust class action litigation brought against four U.S. meatpackers by feedlot operators and beef consumers who allege that the meatpackers illegally conspired to reduce the price paid to feedlot operators for their cattle while simultaneously increasing the price of beef.

In re Cattle Antitrust Litigation, No. 19-cv-1222 (D. Minn.); Peterson v. Agri Stats Inc., No. 0:19-cv-01129 (D. Minn.)