Litigation funder Burford Capital and food supplier Sysco Corp. have ended their litigation and arbitration today and Sysco has assigned all of its claims in its chicken antitrust lawsuits to an affiliate of Burford, Carina Ventures LLC.
Both Sysco and Burford dismissed all claims with prejudice, according to court filings. Neither party provided comment.
Sysco removed itself from the docket jointly with Burford in its antitrust litigation with poultry producers and substituted with Carina, which is now a real party in the interest.
Sysco, which received a $140 million loan from Burford to pursue antitrust claims against pork and poultry ...