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 (and dozens of individual direct purchaser actions) brought against four U.S. meatpackers by purported classes of cattle producers, direct purchasers, and indirect purchasers who allege that the meatpackers illegally conspired to reduce the price paid for fed cattle, while simultaneously increasing the price of beef.

In re Cattle & Beef Antitrust Litigation, No. 22-md-3031 (D. Minn.)