IN RE: PACKAGED SEAFOOD PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION
Case Number:
3:15-md-02670
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Ahern & Associates
- Allen Matkins
- Alston & Bird
- Anderson Kill
- Andrews & Pontius
- Angeli Law Group
- A&O Shearman
- Bailey & Glasser
- Barrett Law Group
- Bartko LLP
- Bartko Zankel
- Berg Hill
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Blecher Collins
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Block & Leviton
- Blood Hurst
- BoiesBattin
- Boies Schiller
- Bottini & Bottini
- Brown Neri
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Casey Gerry
- Cera LLP
- Cherian LLP
- Coffman Law Firm
- Cohen & Gresser
- Crosner Legal
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Del Mar Law Group
- Donahue Fitzgerald
- Donboli Law Group
- Faegre Drinker
- Fisher & Phillips
- Gainey McKenna
- Gibson Dunn
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Gross Klein
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hagens Berman
- Hartley LLP
- Hausfeld LLP
- Haynsworth Sinkler
- Heins Mills
- Hogan Lovells
- Janssen Malloy
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Kaplan Fox
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Kenny Nachwalter
- King & Spalding
- Kirby McInerney
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Kralowec Law
- Kutak Rock
- Larson LLP
- Latham & Watkins
- Law Offices of Francis O. Scarpulla
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Lite DePalma
- Lockridge Grindal
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Marcus Neiman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Mauriello Law Firm
- Miller Pitt
- Miller Shah LLP
- MoginRubin
- Motley Rice
- Mullin Hoard
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Neal & Harwell
- Nicholas & Tomasevic
- Nussbaum Law Group
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Parks & Solar
- Paul Weiss
- Pearson Warshaw
- Perkins Coie
- Porter Wright
- Pritzker Levine
- Quinn Emanuel
- Safirstein Law
- Sherrard Roe
- Shindler Anderson
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Sperling & Slater
- Sprouse Shrader
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Stueve Siegel
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Susman Godfrey
- Tostrud Law Group
- Troutman Pepper
- Willkie Farr
- Wilson Sonsini
- Wilson Turner Kosmo
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Yarborough Law Firm
- Zelle LLP
- Zoll & Kranz
Companies
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC
- Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Bumble Bee Foods LLC
- Central Grocers Inc.
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- CVS Health Corp.
- Del Monte Foods Inc.
- Dollar General Corp.
- Dollar Tree Inc.
- Dongwon F&B Co. Ltd.
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- H‑E‑B LP
- Hy-Vee
- Kmart Corp.
- Krasdale Foods Inc.
- K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.
- Lion Capital LLP
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Save A Lot Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- StarKist Co.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- Target Corp.
- The Golub Corp.
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- URM Stores Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Walmart Inc.
- Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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March 22, 2022
Tuna Buyers Win Revival Of Price-Fix Claims Against PE Firms
A California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging price-fixing in the canned tuna industry has reversed a prior order dismissing buyers' claims against two British private equity funds that once owned Bumble Bee Foods LLC, finding that new evidence unearthed in discovery is sufficient for buyers to pursue antitrust claims.
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March 02, 2022
Del Monte To Face Some Post-StarKist Price-Fixing Claims
Del Monte Corp. must face claims in multidistrict litigation that it participated in a sprawling conspiracy to fix the prices of packaged tuna through 2010, when it stopped providing services to StarKist following its sale of the brand, a California federal court has ruled.
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February 14, 2022
Price Hikes Not Enough To Put Tuna Buyers On Notice
A California federal judge on Friday dealt StarKist its second blow in a week, again refusing to pare down tuna price-fixing claims — this time from consumers, restaurants, caterers and others — based on company assertions that they are at least partially time-barred.
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February 07, 2022
StarKist, Others Can't Nix Tuna Price-Fixing Claims As Too Old
A California federal judge rejected arguments from StarKist Co. and other canned tuna companies that direct purchasers' price-fixing claims are time-barred, ruling Monday that the class presented evidence that the companies fraudulently concealed their actions, thereby tolling the statute of limitations.
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February 04, 2022
StarKist Judge Keeps Guilty Plea Linked To Price-Fixing MDL
A California federal judge on Friday said he will not reconsider an order in multidistrict litigation alleging tuna price-fixing that Starkist Co.'s guilty plea — and evidence connected to the case — in parallel criminal proceedings can be used as evidence to show it participated in the sprawling conspiracy.
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January 27, 2022
Chicken Of The Sea Buyers Win OK Of $40M Price-Fix Deals
A California federal judge has signed off on three deals totaling $39.5 million resolving buyers' claims that Chicken of the Sea International schemed with other seafood producers to jack up the price of canned tuna, bringing an end to years of antitrust litigation against the tuna giant.
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January 06, 2022
Buyer Says Ex-Tuna Exec On Hook For Price-Fixing Claims
A grocery wholesaler suing for overcharges allegedly stemming from a sprawling price-fixing scheme among the country's largest canned tuna producers is urging a California federal court to find the former CEO of Bumble Bee liable in the case based on his criminal conviction.
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December 21, 2021
Tuna Giants' Price-Fixing Admissions Made Public In MDL
After declaring StarKist civilly liable for its role in an industrywide conspiracy to fix the price of canned tuna, a California federal judge has made public details of exactly what the companies admitted to through filings made by the suing seafood buyers.
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December 16, 2021
StarKist Cites 'Unlucky Timing' As It Seeks Antitrust Rethink
StarKist asked for partial reconsideration of a California federal judge's ruling in a sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging price-fixing that its guilty plea in parallel criminal proceedings shows it participated in the conspiracy, arguing on Tuesday that post-briefing testimony shows the timing of that conspiracy remains in dispute.
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December 02, 2021
Buyers Say $40M In Chicken Of The Sea Antitrust Deals Fixed
Three groups of canned tuna buyers that reached a total of $39.5 million in deals with Chicken of the Sea in price-fixing litigation have renewed their bids for approval of the settlements after making tweaks demanded by the California federal court overseeing the case.