Emily Ashcraft

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Chicken Companies Argue Against Class Certification

On Friday, companies accused of artificially inflating the price of broiler chickens filed oppositions to motions to certify the three classes, including direct purchaser plaintiffs, commercial and institutional indirect...

DuPont, Corteva, Chemours to Pay $4B to Settle PFAS...

On Friday, three agricultural chemical companies, DuPont de Nemours, Corteva, and The Chemours Company, announced that they entered a memorandum of understanding including a $4 billion settlement regarding their...

Distribution Company Fights Kraft Heinz Attempt to End Agreement

Main Course FoodSolutions, a Puerto Rico company, claimed that Kraft Heinz breached Puerto Rico laws when it notified the company that it would no longer be a provider of...

Complaint Says Pipeline Could Harm Headwaters of Mississippi River

Friends of the Headwaters, a Minnesota environmental organization, alleged in a District of Columbia District Court complaint on Thursday that the United States Army Corps of Engineers should not...

Additional Defendants Added to Direct Purchaser’s Chicken Antitrust Claims

On Thursday, three amended complaints were filed in the Northern District of Illinois consolidated chicken antitrust lawsuit by separate direct purchaser plaintiffs. The amended complaint added defendants, including Utrecht-America...

Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Settlement in Flint Water...

On Thursday, Judge Judith E. Levy of the Michigan Eastern District Court granted preliminary approval to the settlement in the Flint Water Crisis lawsuit. The plaintiffs, including “thousands of...