Six attorneys general joined the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit against Agri Stats.  The lawsuit states that Agri Stats collects information from meat processors and creates and distributes comprehensive reports detailing competing processors’ pricing, margins, inventories, and operations.  Plaintiffs allege that by providing this information only to processors – and not the processors’ customers, farmers, workers or consumers – Agri Stats enables and encourages processors to use this information to weaken competition, curb production, and increase prices for purchasers.  The lawsuit brings claims that Agri Stats’s conduct violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act by stabilizing and increasing prices and reducing output in the broiler chicken, pork, and turkey markets.

In May 2024, the Court denied Agri Stats’s motion to dismiss the claims against it and Agri Stats’s motion to transfer.