Justice Department, Antitrust Division
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ( printed page 51224) Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. 16(b)-(h) , that a proposed Final Judgment, Stipulation, and Competitive Impact Statement have been filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in United States of America et al v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. et al, Civil Action No. 5:26-cv-04060. On June 29, 2026, the United States, along with the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin, filed a Complaint alleging that Defendants Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (“Cal-Maine”), Hickman's Egg Ranch, Inc. (“Hickman's), and Versova Management Cooperative, Versova Holdings, LLC, and Centrum Valley Holdings, LLC (collectively, “Versova”) violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1 , by, among other things, coordinating to submit bids that were designed to artificially inflate the daily price quotations of Urner Barry Publications, Inc. (“Urner Barry”), a market reporting firm. The proposed Final Judgments for each Defendant, filed at the same time as the Complaint, seek to end this anticompetitive conduct and prevent its recurrence by: imposing restrictions on competitor communications regarding bidding strategies, bids, and the information reported to any benchmark publication; …
Citation: 91 FR 51224
