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
- Faegre Drinker
- Sherrard Roe
- Ahern & Associates
- Parks & Solar
- Zelle LLP
- Block & Leviton
- Boies Schiller
- Hagens Berman
- A&O Shearman
- Shindler Anderson
- Motley Rice
- Tostrud Law Group
- Andrews & Pontius
- Brown Neri
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- Nicholas & Tomasevic
- Cherian LLP
- Sperling Kenny
- Blood Hurst
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Pritzker Levine
- Donboli Law Group
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Manning Law Firm
- Bottini & Bottini
- Lite DePalma
- Bailey & Glasser
- Coffman Law Firm
- Kutak Rock
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Neal & Harwell
- Alston & Bird
- Safirstein Law
- Stueve Siegel
- Kaplan Fox
- Zoll & Kranz
- Mullin Hoard
- Anderson Kill
- Berg Hill
- Heins Mills
- Miller Shah LLP
- King & Spalding
- MoginRubin
- Perkins Coie
- Mauriello Law Firm
- Blecher Collins
- Lockridge Grindal
- Gross Klein
- Janssen Malloy
- Del Mar Law Group
- Cohen & Gresser
- Porter Wright
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Miller Pitt
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Marcus Neiman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Kirby McInerney
- Sprouse Shrader
- Hausfeld LLP
- Gibson Dunn
- Larson LLP
- BoiesBattin
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Nussbaum Law Group
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Casey Gerry
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Crosner Legal
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Wilson Turner Kosmo
- Barrett Law Group
- Allen Matkins
- Bartko LLP
- Gustafson Gluek
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Law Offices of Francis O. Scarpulla
- Hartley LLP
- Haynsworth Sinkler
- Kralowec Law
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Gainey McKenna
- Hogan Lovells
- Quinn Emanuel
- Troutman
- Yarborough Law Firm
- Fisher & Phillips
- Paul Weiss
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Wilson Sonsini
- Susman Godfrey
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Latham & Watkins
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Hy-Vee
- Kmart Corp.
- Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
- Save A Lot Inc.
- Dollar Tree Inc.
- Central Grocers Inc.
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Costco
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Del Monte Foods Inc.
- Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Bumble Bee Foods LLC
- Krasdale Foods Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Lion Capital LLP
- The Golub Corp.
- H‑E‑B LP
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Walmart Inc.
- Target Corp.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Supervalu Inc.
- URM Stores Inc.
- Chicken of the Sea International
- Brookshire Grocery
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- CVS Health Corp.
- K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.
- StarKist Co.
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Dollar General Corp.
- Dongwon F&B Co. Ltd.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.