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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
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`IN RE BROILER CHICKEN ANTITRUST
`LITIGATION
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`This Document Relates to:
`Direct Purchaser Plaintiff Action
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`Case No. 1:16-cv-08637
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`Hon. Thomas M. Durkin
`Magistrate Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert
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`DIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFFS’
`NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT WITH
`TYSON DEFENDANTS
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`Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs respectfully notify the Court that Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs
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`have reached an agreement with Defendants Tyson Foods, Inc., Tyson Chicken, Inc., Tyson
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`Breeders, Inc., and Tyson Poultry, Inc. (collectively referred to as “Tyson”) to settle all claims
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`against Tyson. The parties are working to finalize and document all the terms of that agreement,
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`which is subject to the Court’s approval pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23. Consistent
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`with the Parties’ agreement, Plaintiffs will move for preliminary – and, ultimately, final – approval
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`of a proposed settlement in the near future.
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`556031.1
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`Case: 1:16-cv-08637 Document #: 4150 Filed: 01/11/21 Page 2 of 3 PageID #:277303
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`Date:
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` January 11, 2021
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`Clifford H. Pearson
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`Thomas J. Nolan
`(admitted pro hac vice
`Daniel L. Warshaw
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`Bobby Pouya
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`Michael H. Pearson
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`PEARSON SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP
`15165 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 400
`Sherman Oaks, CA 92403
`Telephone: (818) 788-8300
`Facsimile: (818) 788-8104
`cpearson@pswlaw.com
`tnolan@pswlaw.com
`dwarshaw@pswlaw.com
`bpouya@pswlaw.com
`mpearson@pswlaw.com
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`Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel for
`Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs
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`s/ Steven A. Hart
`Steven A. Hart (#6211008)
`Brian Eldridge (#6281336)
`John Marrese (#6306516)
`Kyle Pozan (#6306761)
`HART MCLAUGHLIN & ELDRIDGE, LLC
`22 West Washington Street, Suite 1600
`Chicago, IL 60602
`Telephone: (312) 955-0545
`Facsimile: (312) 971-9243
`shart@hmelegal.com
`beldridge@hmelegal.com
`jmarrese@hmelegal.com
`kpozan@hmelegal.com
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`Interim Liaison Class Counsel for
`Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs
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`W. Joseph Bruckner (MN #0147758)
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`Brian D. Clark (MN #0390069)
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`Simeon A. Morbey (MN #0391338)
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.
`100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 2200
`Minneapolis, MN 55401
`Telephone: (612) 339-6900
`Facsimile: (612) 339-0981
`wjbruckner@locklaw.com
`bdclark@locklaw.com
`samorbey@locklaw.com
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`Bruce L. Simon
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP
`350 Sansome Street, Suite 680
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`Telephone: (415) 433-9000
`Facsimile: (415) 433-9008
`bsimon@pswlaw.com
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`556112.1
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`Case: 1:16-cv-08637 Document #: 4150 Filed: 01/11/21 Page 3 of 3 PageID #:277304
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I, Steven A. Hart, depose and state that I have served a copy of Notice of Settlement upon
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`all counsel of record via the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois ECF Document
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`Filing System on January 11, 2021.
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`s/Steven A. Hart
`Steven A. Hart (IL #6211008)
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`556112.1
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