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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
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`IN RE PORK ANTITRUST
`LITIGATION
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`This Document Relates to:
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`Direct Purchaser Plaintiff Action
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`Civil No. 18-1776 (JRT/HB)
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`DIRECT PURCHASER
`PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANT
`JBS USA FOOD COMPANY’S
`JOINT NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
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`Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs and Defendant JBS USA Food Company (“JBS”, and,
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`together with Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs, the “Parties”) respectfully write to the Court to
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`provide notice that Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs have reached an agreement with JBS to settle
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`all claims against JBS. This agreement is subject to the Court’s approval pursuant to
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`Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23. Consistent with the Parties’ agreement, Plaintiffs will
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`move for preliminary – and, ultimately, final – approval of a proposed settlement in the
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`near future.
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`Date: November 4, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
`LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P
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`/s W. Joseph Bruckner
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`W. Joseph Bruckner (MN #0147758)
`Brian D. Clark (MN #0390069)
`Simeon A. Morbey (MN #0391338)
`Arielle S. Wagner (MN #0398332)
`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
`aswagner@locklaw.com
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`Clifford H. Pearson
`Daniel L. Warshaw
`Bobby Pouya
`Michael H. Pearson
`PEARSON SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP
`15165 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 400
`Sherman Oaks, CA 92403
`Telephone: (818) 788-8300
`Facsimile: (818) 788-8104
`cpearson@pswlaw.com
`dwarshaw@pswlaw.com
`bpouya@pswlaw.com
`mpearson@pswlaw.com
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`Bruce L. Simon
`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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`Melissa S. Weiner (MN #0387900)
`Joseph C. Bourne (MN #0389922)
`PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP
`800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 2150
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Telephone: (612) 389-0600
`Facsimile: (612) 389-0610
`mweiner@pswlaw.com
`jbourne@pswlaw.com
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`Co-Lead Class Counsel for
`Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs
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`Date: November 4, 2020
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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
`SULLIVAN, LLP
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`s/Stephen Neuwirth
`Stephen Neuwirth
`Sami Rashid
`51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
`New York, NY 10010
`Telephone: 212-849-7000
`Facsimile: 212-849-7100
`stephenneuwirth@quinnemanuel.com
`samirashid@quinnemanuel.com
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`Counsel for
`Defendant JBS USA Food Company
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I, W. Joseph Bruckner, depose and state that I have served a copy of Joint Notice of
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`Settlement upon all counsel of record via the United States Court for the District of
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`Minnesota ECF Document Filing System on November 4, 2020.
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`s/W. Joseph Bruckner
`W. Joseph Bruckner (MN #0147758)
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