Penalty Amount
$3,300,000
New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with the U.S. Department of Justice and 16 other states, reached a settlement with three major egg producers—Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch—for illegally coordinating to manipulate the Urner Barry price index, artificially inflating egg prices nationwide. The companies will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks across participating states, pay $3.3 million, and adopt 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 17 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.
In-house legal teams should review supplier and vendor agreements for any clauses related to pricing, benchmarking, or coordination with competitors. Specifically, they should examine contracts that reference price indices like Urner Barry, ensure there are no provisions that could facilitate collusion, and include robust antitrust compliance obligations. Additionally, they should verify that their own pricing practices do not involve sharing competitively sensitive information with competitors.
Entity
Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, Hickman's Egg Ranch
Industry
Other"Cal-Maine Foods (Cal-Maine), Versova/Centrum (Versova), and Hickman’s Egg Ranch (Hickman’s)"
"the companies will pay $3.3 million to the states"
"illegally coordinated to influence a daily price index for eggs"
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 11 other attorneys general secured enforceable commitments from Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to protect entertainment industry workers during their merger. Paramount must release at least 30 films per year, invest $1.5 billion in domestic film production, and create an independent editorial board for CNN and CBS. The consent decree also requires Paramount to sell Miramax and pay penalties if it fails to meet production requirements.
$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.
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued an industry alert urging workers with knowledge of unsafe or illegal conduct in AI development to file confidential complaints through the OAG's secure whistleblower portal. The alert cites the OAG's monitoring of cybersecurity, economic, and other safety risks from emerging AI, and highlights the RAISE Act (effective January 1, 2027), which will require large AI developers to publicly disclose safety measures and report security incidents, as well as the SHIELD Act's data security requirements. No company was named, charged, or penalized; the alert signals impending OAG enforcement authority over AI developers.
$700.0M
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$700K
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