Tyson, Pilgrim’s, Others Get Nod for $181 Million Antitrust Deal

The consumers leading antitrust litigation over an alleged industrywide scheme to fix broiler chicken prices won final approval from a federal judge in Chicago for their $181 million class action settlement with Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Tyson Foods Inc., and other poultry processors.

Judge Thomas M. Durkin signed off late Monday on six agreements resolving “indirect purchaser” claims in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, though he held off ruling on a $60 million fee request by counsel for the consumers.

The deal includes a $99 million agreement with Tyson, a $76 million pact with ...