In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, Northern District of Illinois, Case No. 1:16-cv-08637. PW attorneys currently serve as interim co-lead counsel on behalf of direct purchaser plaintiffs. The complaint alleges that the nation’s largest broiler chicken producers violated antitrust laws by limiting production and manipulating the price indices. Thus far, PW and co-counsel have secured final approval of over $180 million in settlements for the direct purchaser plaintiffs with numerous defendants remaining in the litigation.