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"
$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.
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$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.
$3.3M
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.
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