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

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  1. June 11, 2019

    Wegmans, Krasdale Unhook StarKist In Tuna Price-Fix MDL

    Wegmans Food Markets Inc. and Krasdale Foods Inc. have come to terms that will allow StarKist Co. to further untangle itself from multidistrict litigation accusing it of conspiring with its rivals to hike up the price of canned tuna, according to filings in California federal court Monday.

  2. June 06, 2019

    Kmart Cuts StarKist Loose From Tuna Price-Fix MDL

    Dozens of grocers, including Kmart Corp., have come to terms that will allow StarKist Co. to bow out of multidistrict litigation accusing it of conspiring with its rivals to hike up the price of canned tuna, according to a filing in California federal court.

  3. May 24, 2019

    Food Preparers Settle Tuna Claims With Chicken Of The Sea

    A group including restaurants, caterers and other commercial food preparers told a California federal court on Friday that they have netted a $6.5 million deal with Chicken of the Sea to end their claims over the company's alleged part in a scheme to fix the price of canned tuna.

  4. May 21, 2019

    Chicken Of The Sea, CVS Ink Deal In Tuna Price-Fix MDL

    CVS agreed to cut Chicken of the Sea loose from a suit accusing the tuna company of conspiring with rivals to pump up the cost of the canned fish, with the companies telling a California federal judge Monday that they had settled their differences.

  5. May 07, 2019

    StarKist's Atty Docs Off-Limits In Tuna Price-Fixing MDL

    A California federal court has rejected an attempt to force StarKist to produce communications between the company and its general counsel in a multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the canned tuna industry.

  6. April 19, 2019

    Dollar General, Others Settle StarKist Tuna Price-Fixing MDL

    Tuna company StarKist settled with seven different tuna buyers Friday, including Dollar General, as part of multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the canned-tuna industry, according to joint dismissal motions filed in California federal court.

  7. April 04, 2019

    Target Unhooks Bumble Bee From Its Price-Fixing Claims

    Target Corp. has cut another defendant from its part of multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the canned-tuna industry, according to a joint dismissal motion the retail giant filed with Bumble Bee Foods LLC in California federal court on Wednesday.

  8. April 03, 2019

    StarKist GC Waived Atty-Client Privilege, Tuna Buyers Say

    Tuna buyers asked a California federal judge Wednesday to force StarKist to produce communications between the company and its general counsel, claiming the attorney waived privilege during his deposition in a suit alleging a widespread conspiracy to fix prices of the canned fish.

  9. April 02, 2019

    Target Cuts StarKist Loose From Tuna Price-Fixing Suit

    Target Corp. and two major food distributors have inked deals with StarKist Co. to end their claims that the company conspired with other major players to fix tuna prices, only days after reaching a similar deal with StarKist's alleged co-conspirator Chicken of the Sea.

  10. March 21, 2019

    Chicken Of The Sea, Target Reach Deal Over Tuna Price-Fixing

    Target Corp. and two food distributors on Thursday cut loose Chicken of the Sea from sprawling multidistrict litigation in California federal court, agreeing to resolve allegations that the packaged seafood producer fixed prices for canned tuna.