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PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota received over $3.5 million from a national opioid lawsuit settlement in the last few months — the beginning of over $54 million delivered to the state in the next two decades. Now, the state, cities and counties are figuring out how to spend that money, focusing on opioid addiction treatment, […]
PIERRE, SD – South Dakota is set to collect a portion of a massive settlement against tech giant Google over privacy violations. Attorneys general from Oregon and Nebraska were among those that led the legal challenge against Google. South Dakota was one of 29 states to join final settlement talks. The action questioned the legality […]
PIERRE, SD – This election season, South Dakota is starting to implement voting-access reforms in light of a recent settlement with Native American tribes. Advocates for the tribes hope there’s proper follow-through. In the settlement announced last month, the state agreed to designate a voting-rights coordinator to ensure statewide compliance by agencies through mandatory training […]
SMITHFIELD, VA – Smithfield Foods Inc has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the meat producer and several competitors of conspiring to inflate prices in the $20 billion-a-year U.S. pork market by limiting supply. Reuters reports that a preliminary settlement in the antitrust case was filed on Tuesday […]
TULSA, OK – Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods have agreed to pay a $35 million settlement without admitting any wrongdoing. The price-fixing lawsuit against Pilgrim’s Pride, Sanderson Farms and Koch Foods is still pending. The lawsuit, filed in Oklahoma federal court, alleges that the companies colluded to underpay growers and make it difficult to remain […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JBS SA will pay $20 million to resolve consumer antitrust claims over its alleged role in an industry-wide scheme to fix the price of pork through coordinated public statements and secret data exchanges, according to a federal court filing in Minneapolis. JBS USA has agreed to pay $20 million to consumers to […]
