IN RE: PACKAGED SEAFOOD PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:15-md-02670

Court:

California Southern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Dana M. Sabraw

Firms

Companies

Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Justice

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March 07, 2023
Chicken Of The Sea's $13M Tuna Price-Fix Deal Gets Final OK

A California federal judge on Tuesday gave final approval to a $13 million deal — with $5.95 million going to class counsel — to settle price-fixing accusations against Chicken of the Sea International made by direct purchasers of the canned tuna product.
October 20, 2022
California Federal Court Trims Tuna Buyers' Price-Fixing Suit

Major tuna producers were able to dodge some of the price-fixing accusations they are facing after a California federal judge found that some of the buyers' claims failed under state laws, or did not apply to the suit.
October 12, 2022
Tuna Buyers Ask High Court To Reject StarKist Class Review

Buyers accusing major tuna producers of fixing prices through a scheme targeted by a criminal probe of the industry urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from StarKist Co. seeking to decertify potentially massive classes in the case.
August 11, 2022
StarKist Asks High Court To Reject Tuna Buyers Class Cert.

StarKist Co. has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court for help in decertifying potentially massive classes of plaintiffs in ongoing litigation over price-fixing allegations by the major tuna producers, saying that many of the proposed class members didn't actually pay higher prices.
August 09, 2022
Judge Revives Price-Fixing Suit Against Ex-Bumble Bee CEO

The former head of Bumble Bee tuna is once again facing a price-fixing suit in Kansas after a California federal judge revived multidistrict litigation brought by a wholesale grocery chain against the CEO, Christopher Lischewski.
July 20, 2022
StarKist Can't Can 'Private Label' Tuna Claims

A California federal judge refused to let StarKist and its parent company slip certain claims in multidistrict litigation alleging canned tuna price-fixing, finding there are triable issues regarding whether the conspiracy reached tuna products StarKist sold to major retailers for sale under those companies' brand names.
May 23, 2022
Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Fights Redo Bid In Kansas Tuna Suit

Bumble Bee Foods LLC's former CEO urged the California federal judge overseeing tuna price-fixing multidistrict litigation to reject on Friday a wholesale grocery distributor's bid to revive its suit against the incarcerated executive, saying it just "rehashes" issues already addressed by the court.
May 20, 2022
Canned Tuna Buyers Tease Fight For Bellwether Status

Grocery store chains and others led by Kroger Co. used a hearing Friday in California federal court to argue their claims should take on bellwether status in the massive multidistrict litigation accusing StarKist and other canned tuna producers of price-fixing.
April 08, 2022
En Banc 9th Circ. Affirms Cert. Of StarKist Tuna Buyers

An en banc Ninth Circuit on Friday issued a split decision affirming certification of a trio of classes of canned tuna buyers in price-fixing litigation against StarKist, ruling that the buyers' expert evidence and statistical model adequately established potential harm to consumers on classwide bases.
March 30, 2022
Convicted Bumble Bee CEO Ducks Kansas-Based Tuna Suit

A California federal judge nixed a wholesale grocery distributor's tuna price-fixing claims against Bumble Bee Foods LLC's former CEO Monday amid multidistrict litigation, holding that the incarcerated executive lacks any ties to Kansas where the distributor first filed suit.

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