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Meatpackers say US beef pricing claims fall short on class certification

By Clayton Vickers ( November 5, 2025, 00:42 GMT | Insight) -- Attorneys for JBS, Cargill, National Beef Packing and other meatpackers told a federal judge that several putative plaintiff classes suing them for alleged cattle and beef price fixing each fall short on the demands of class certification, as their appeal to reasoning in other “protein” antitrust cases misses that the defendants are not like other meatpackers with more control in their industries.Attorneys for JBS, Cargill, National Beef Packing and other meatpackers told a federal judge in multidistrict litigation that several putative plaintiff classes suing them for alleged cattle and beef price fixing each fall short of the demands of class certification, as their appeal to reasoning in other “protein” antitrust cases misses that the defendants are not like other meatpackers that have more control in their industries....

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