Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP (CGL) is pleased to announce that Michael J. Flannery and A. Blaine Finley are new partners in our growing law practice. “As we mourn the recent loss of our founding partner, Jonathan W. Cuneo, we continue to follow his blueprint for growing our firm,” said Charles J. LaDuca, Chairman of [...]
Court denies petition to appeal CGL's successful class certification in Pork Litigation The Eighth Circuit has denied a petition by defendants to appeal CGL’s successful certification of a class composed of commercial food preparers in a lawsuit alleging anticompetitive conduct in the pork industry. The commercial food preparer class represented by CGL remains certified, and [...]
LAW360: JBS Reaches $25M Beef Price Fixing Deal With Indirect Buyers "JBS USA Food Co. Has agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims filed by a class of indirect beef product purchasers accusing the meat processing giant of participating in a nationwide scheme to constrain the supply of beef products and drive up prices [...]
Pork Antitrust Litigation – CGL Wins Certification of Food Preparer Class On March 29, 2023, CGL won certification of a damages class composed of commercial food preparers, such as restaurants, that purchased pork in 27 states and the District of Columbia along with a nationwide injunctive class in In re Pork Antitrust Litigation, No. 18-cv-1776. [...]