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The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota granted final approval to a $75 million settlement between Smithfield Foods, Inc. and consumer indirect purchasers in multidistrict litigation over a purported scheme concocted by the meat industry to inflate pork prices. The court also granted [pdf attached: Pork Antitrust Attorneys Fees] $25 million in attorney fees.

[To accompany Case Law Update "Federal Judge Approves $75 Million Settlement in Pork Price-Fixing Case” from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 185]