Crying Fowl: What the Agri Stats Settlement Means for Competitor Benchmarking Programs
On May 7, 2026, the DOJ and several states reached a proposed settlement with Agri Stats, alleging that its meat industry benchmarking reports facilitated unlawful information sharing among competitors and enabled price coordination. The settlement imposes detailed restrictions on how competitively sensitive data may be collected, aggregated, aged, and distr
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