DOJ wins limited stay of discovery in chicken suit

Spencer Parts

28 June 2019

Credit: iStock/kbwills

A federal judge has stayed for three months some discovery in civil litigation alleging that broiler chicken producers fixed prices, which is half the length of the stay that the Department of Justice had requested as it pursues a criminal investigation.

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