Penalty Amount
$3,300,000
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan multistate coalition, alongside the U.S. Department of Justice, settled with three major egg producers for illegally coordinating to manipulate the Urner Barry daily price index, artificially inflating egg prices for retailers and consumers. The companies will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks nationwide, including 4,968,000 eggs to New York, and pay a combined $3.3 million, along with adopting compliance measures to prevent future violations.
The three egg producers will deliver a total of 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofit organizations across participating states, pay a combined $3.3 million, and adopt compliance measures to prevent future illegal coordination. New York will receive 4,968,000 eggs, distributed through Feeding New York, with the first truckload of 280,800 eggs delivered to City Harvest.
In-house legal teams should review supply agreements and vendor contracts for pricing clauses that reference benchmark indices like Urner Barry. They should ensure that any coordination with competitors on pricing or bidding is prohibited, and that compliance programs include antitrust training. Additionally, they should review any clauses that allow for price adjustments based on external benchmarks to ensure they are not susceptible to manipulation.
Entity
Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch
Industry
OtherOfficial Press Release
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-secures-more-280000-eggs-new-york-city-families
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New York Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://ag.ny.gov/press-releases
"Cal-Maine Foods (Cal-Maine), Versova/Centrum (Versova), and Hickman’s Egg Ranch (Hickman’s)"
"pay $3.3 million"
"illegally coordinated to influence a daily price index for eggs"
"manipulating the Urner Barry benchmark"
$3.3M
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a multistate settlement with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch for illegally coordinating to influence a daily price index for eggs, artificially inflating prices for retailers and consumers nationwide. The companies will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks across 17 participating states, pay a combined $3.3 million, and adopt compliance measures to prevent future violations.
$3.3M
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a bipartisan multistate settlement with major egg producers Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch for illegally coordinating to influence a daily price index for eggs, artificially inflating prices for retailers and consumers nationwide. The companies will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks across 17 participating states (including 4,968,000 eggs to New York) and pay a combined $3.3 million. The companies will also adopt compliance measures to prevent future illegal coordination. Note: This is an antitrust/price-fixing case, not a privacy enforcement action.
$3.3M
New York Attorney General James announced the delivery of eggs to food banks as part of a multistate settlement with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch for price fixing. The companies illegally coordinated to manipulate the Urner Barry egg price index, artificially inflating prices. They will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks and pay $3.3 million.
$3.3M
New York Attorney General James announced a multistate settlement with three major egg producers for illegally coordinating to influence a daily egg price index, artificially inflating prices for consumers. The companies will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks and pay $3.3 million, along with adopting compliance measures.
$3.3M
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a multistate settlement with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch for illegally coordinating to manipulate the Urner Barry egg price index, artificially inflating egg prices. The companies will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks and pay $3.3 million, along with compliance measures.
$352K
New York Attorney General Letitia James settled with Brooklyn High Rise LLC for illegally denying housing to prospective tenants based on housing court records, a practice known as tenant blacklisting. The company also charged non-refundable 'good faith' deposits. Brooklyn High Rise will pay $352,250 in penalties and restitution and must end its unlawful tenant screening practices.