In re Granulated Sugar Antitrust Litigation
Nov, 2024
In re Granulated Sugar Antitrust Litigation (J.P.M.L.)
Northern Frozen Foods, Inc. v. United Sugar Producers & Refiners Cooperative (D. Minn.)
Plaintiffs in this antitrust litigation filed lawsuits against producers of granulated sugar, an industry information clearinghouse, and an industry analyst. The lawsuit alleges that the sugar producers exchanged competitively sensitive information about their businesses directly with each other, and indirectly through the clearinghouse and industry agent, to fix the price of granulated sugar at inflated levels. NastLaw represents a proposed class of persons and entities that purchased granulated sugar directly from the sugar producers. At present, this case is among dozens that are subject to a pending motion for transfer to a single court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.