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4. $85 million – In Re Farm-Raised Salmon And Salmon Products Antitrust
Litigation, Case No. 19-CV-21551 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 8, 2022) (final settlement
approval granted in antitrust class action alleging that salmon producers violated
federal law with a price-fixing scheme to artificially increase the price of salmon
products).
5. $84.8 million – Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms Inc., Case No. 19-CV-2521 (D.
Md. Sept. 27, 2022) (preliminary settlement approval granted in an antitrust
action brought by factory workers alleging that chicken producers conspired to
depress the hourly wages paid to workers in their chicken processing plants in
violation of federal antitrust laws).
6. $84 million – In Re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 12-CV601 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 15, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in an antitrust
class action alleging that defendants conspired to raise the prices of life safety
occupant systems such as airbags and seat belts).
7. $75 million – In Re Pork Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 18-CV-1776 (D. Minn.
Nov. 9, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in an antitrust class action
brought by direct purchasers against Smithfield Foods alleging a conspiracy to
inflate pork prices).
8. $75 million – In Re Disposable Contact Lens Antitrust Litigation, Case No.
15-MD-2626 (M.D. Fla. Oct. 12, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in an
antitrust class action brought by consumers alleging that several companies
agreed to implement unilateral pricing policies that set a minimum retail price for
disposable contact lenses).
9. $42 million – In Re Pork Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 18-CV-1776 (D. Minn.
Oct. 19, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in an antitrust class action
brought by commercial and institutional indirect purchaser plaintiffs against
Smithfield Foods alleging conspiracy to artificially inflate pork prices).
10. $15 million – In Re Opana ER Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 14-CV-10150
(N.D. Ill. Dec. 15, 2022) (final settlement approval granted in an antitrust action
by a group of indirect purchasers over an alleged scheme to delay generic
versions of the painkiller Opana ER)
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