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Walgreens was hit with a putative class action in Illinois federal court Friday accusing it of making robocalls to consumers without their consent, led by an Illinois man who says the calls persisted even after he reached out to the pharmacy giant three times to ask its representatives to stop.
Cal-Maine's chairman testified Wednesday that the company adopted animal welfare measures not as part of a conspiracy with competitors and two trade associations to raise the price of eggs, but because customers including Wal-Mart and other major grocery chains insisted on it to protect their own brands.
Cal-Maine's chairman testified Monday that he and executives of the company's competitors sat on trade association committees that urged the egg industry as a whole to adopt measures to reduce the supply of eggs in the United States, with the participation of various producers often documented in the association's newsletters.
Two top egg producers and two trade associations conspired to raise prices and forced major food companies to pay inflated costs to make food products found "in just about every cabinet and every kitchen table," counsel for Kraft, Kellogg, General Mills and Nestle told an Illinois federal jury Thursday.
Ad buyers asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday for her final signoff on a $48 million deal settling CBS, Cox and Fox out of multidistrict litigation over an alleged scheme among U.S. broadcasters to fix television ad prices, saying it would provide substantial relief while "eliminating the risk, uncertainty, and expense of continuing litigation."