There are huge administrative problems with making sure that a settlement of this nature goes according to plan,” one antitrust lawyer told Fortune.

A multistate investigation found that three major egg producers coordinated around a key pricing benchmark, with a proposed settlement requiring 53 million eggs be donated to food banks nationwide.

Sky-high egg prices, supposedly due to the avian flu, were such a big deal leading up to the 2025 election. Turns out, they may have been fixed.

Consumers were alarmed by high egg prices last year. The DOJ's case against three major egg producers confirms that a price fixing scheme may have been to blame. Egg prices last year were a major pain ...