Advocates hoped the Agri Stats case would set stronger limits on corporations that use a data-consultant to support collusion. State AGs felt a trial was too risky. The success of this complicated settlement hinges on a court-appointed monitor.
Read MoreFederal antitrust enforcers have outstanding cases against AgriStats, Kroger and Albertsons, and Corteva and Syngenta. What will happen to them during a Trump administration?
Read MoreAgri Stats collects and shares detailed data on meat companies’ prices, wages, production levels, and profit margins. Antitrust enforcers say that meat packers used this information to fix prices and suppress wages.
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