Birdsong Corp. reached a settlement in principle of price-fixing claims in Virginia federal court, a week after another top U.S. peanut sheller said it would pay nearly $8 million to resolve allegations they colluded with
The joint filing disclosing the tentative agreement, docketed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, doesn’t specify its terms. A motion for preliminary court approval of the deal is in the works, the filing says.
The settlement would leave Golden Peanut Co., which is owned by ...