The Justice Department agreed to bring no further charges against the company over allegations it rigged broiler chicken prices.
Four executives at Pilgrim's Pride and Claxton Poultry allegedly conspired to suppress competition by fixing the price of broiler chicken products.
“The brazen attitude exhibited by Wall Street traders toward public institutional buyers of GSE bonds was shocking,” the lead plaintiff says.
The company, on a short leash after a price-fixing case, contends that the monitor's appointment was unconstitutional.
