In a press release dated August 11th 2020, the New York Attorney General, Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Hillandale Farms alleging gouging over prices of eggs during the March and April 2020 surge in consumer demand.  The New York State Attorney General claimed that Hillandale benefited by $4 million from "unlawfully increasing the price of eggs". This and similar lawsuits can at best be regarded as ‘misinformed” and at worst political bandstanding.

The lawsuit has been settled with Hillandale donating 1.2 million eggs to food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters across New York State.  According to a statement issued by Hillandale Farms, the company noted that pricing of commodity eggs was based on third-party data provided by Urner Barry.  The spike in the price of eggs during March and April is depicted in the USDA graph posted on each weekly edition of EGG-NEWS in the Egg-Week update.