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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May 27, 2020
Convicted Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Dodges Civil Suit For Now

A California federal judge on Tuesday tossed a Kansas wholesale distributor's canned tuna price-fixing claims against convicted former Bumble Bee Foods CEO Chris Lischewski, saying the suit doesn't sufficiently connect his actions to the filing jurisdiction, but would allow the distributor to try again in another court.
March 03, 2020
Bumble Bee Ch. 11 Sale Deal Halts Antitrust Claims In Calif.

A California federal judge denied a handful of motions from antitrust plaintiffs pursuing price-fixing claims against canned seafood provider Bumble Bee Foods late Monday, saying the company's Chapter 11 case stayed the proceedings and an asset sale dealt with the litigation claims.
February 27, 2020
Tuna Buyers Want PE Firm's Price-Fix Suit Escape Rethought

A group of canned tuna buyers have asked a California federal judge to reconsider dismissing Bumble Bee's private equity owners from a sprawling price-fixing litigation, saying evidence shows the buyers can overcome the legal hurdles that led to the tossing of the claims.
February 24, 2020
Tuna Buyers Want To Appeal PE Firm's Price-Fix Suit Escape

Canned tuna buyers suing major manufacturers over allegations of a sprawling price-fixing plot have urged a California federal court to let them expedite an appeal of the court's ruling allowing Bumble Bee's private equity owners to escape the litigation.
February 10, 2020
Tuna Buyers Say Cos. Missed Chance To Halt Price-Fix MDL

Several groups suing tuna producers over alleged price-fixing have urged a California federal judge not to put the brakes on the multidistrict litigation, saying a request by the companies to stay the litigation comes too late and would prejudice the case.
January 30, 2020
Bumble Bee's PE Owners Freed From Tuna Price-Fix MDL

Two linked private equity funds that own canned tuna manufacturer Bumble Bee Foods LLC have won their bid to exit a protracted case over tuna price-fixing claims, as a California federal judge said snippets of evidence the buyers put forward against the funds weren't solid enough.
January 21, 2020
Judge Sinks Chicken Of The Sea, Food Preparers' $6M Deal

A California federal judge has refused to sign off on a proposed $6.5 million settlement between food preparers and Chicken of the Sea over alleged price-fixing of canned tuna, saying it's not clear the deal is in the best interest of the proposed class.
September 20, 2019
Tuna Cos. Look To Bar Testimony Over 'Racial Stereotypes'

Canned-tuna giants StarKist and Chicken of the Sea urged a California federal judge to block class action price-fixing plaintiffs from using an expert witness who relies solely on "cultural and racial stereotypes" about Asians to blur the line between the companies and their corporate parents.
August 14, 2019
Tuna Producers Facing 'Death Knell' With Price-Fixing MDL

The country's three largest producers of tuna said the recent certification of a consumer class action alleging a long-running scheme to spike prices of canned tuna would push their finances to the breaking point because they already face millions in fines they cannot afford.
July 31, 2019
Tuna Buyers Win Cert. In Sprawling Price-Fixing MDL

A California federal judge granted class certification in a sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation to consumers claiming they were swindled by a long-running scheme to fix prices of canned tuna, following up a criminal investigation that led Chicken of the Sea, StarKist and Bumble Bee to admit wrongdoing.

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