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
- Sherrard Roe
- Ahern & Associates
- Parks & Solar
- Block & Leviton
- Cherian LLP
- Shindler Anderson
- Tostrud Law Group
- Sperling & Slater
- Andrews & Pontius
- Brown Neri
- Casey Gerry
- Quinn Emanuel
- Wilson Sonsini
- Alston & Bird
- Cuneo Gilbert
- King & Spalding
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- Nicholas & Tomasevic
- Blood Hurst
- Wilson Turner Kosmo
- Donboli Law Group
- Angeli Law Group
- Bottini & Bottini
- Faegre Drinker
- Bailey & Glasser
- Lite DePalma
- Coffman Law Firm
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Kutak Rock
- Zoll & Kranz
- Neal & Harwell
- Safirstein Law
- Stueve Siegel
- Bartko Zankel
- Kaplan Fox
- Paul Weiss
- Allen Matkins
- Mullin Hoard
- Berg Hill
- Sprouse Shrader
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Heins Mills
- Miller Shah LLP
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Kenny Nachwalter
- Hartley LLP
- Pritzker Levine
- Motley Rice
- MoginRubin
- Kralowec Law
- Anderson Kill
- Mauriello Law Firm
- Blecher Collins
- Hausfeld LLP
- Lockridge Grindal
- Gross Klein
- Janssen Malloy
- Del Mar Law Group
- Fisher & Phillips
- Cohen & Gresser
- Porter Wright
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Troutman Pepper
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Miller Pitt
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Zelle LLP
- A&O Shearman
- Marcus Neiman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Kirby McInerney
- Larson LLP
- BoiesBattin
- Boies Schiller
- Pearson Warshaw
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Bartko LLP
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Gibson Dunn
- Perkins Coie
- Hogan Lovells
- Hagens Berman
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Gustafson Gluek
- Crosner Legal
- Barrett Law Group
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Law Offices of Francis O. Scarpulla
- Haynsworth Sinkler
- Donahue Fitzgerald
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Gainey McKenna
- Yarborough Law Firm
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Susman Godfrey
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Latham & Watkins
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Kmart Corp.
- Save A Lot Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Dollar Tree Inc.
- Central Grocers Inc.
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
- The Golub Corp.
- CVS Health Corp.
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- H‑E‑B LP
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Costco
- Bumble Bee Foods LLC
- Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
- URM Stores Inc.
- Del Monte Foods Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Krasdale Foods Inc.
- Lion Capital LLP
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Target Corp.
- K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Walmart Inc.
- Chicken of the Sea International
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Sysco Corp.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Hy-Vee
- StarKist Co.
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Dollar General Corp.
- Dongwon F&B Co. Ltd.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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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.
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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.
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March 15, 2019
StarKist Settles Tuna Price-Fixing Claims With Kroger, Others
StarKist Co. announced Friday that it has agreed to a settlement with Kroger Co. and other retailers to resolve allegations of a widespread tuna price-fixing conspiracy that have been the focus of multidistrict litigation in California federal court.
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February 26, 2019
Bumble Bee Settles US Foods' Tuna Price-Fixing Suit
Bumble Bee has inked a deal with distribution giant US Foods that brings it closer to extricating itself from sprawling litigation accusing major tuna companies of conspiring to fix the price of canned fish.
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February 14, 2019
Bumble Bee, Sysco Strike Deal To End Tuna Price-Fixing Suit
Bumble Bee Foods LLC has reached a deal with Sysco Corp. to end claims that it colluded with other major tuna companies in a widespread conspiracy to keep prices for canned fish high.
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January 25, 2019
StarKist Settles Walmart's Tuna Price-Fixing Claims For $20M
StarKist Co. announced Friday that it has agreed to a settlement worth more than $20 million with Walmart Inc. to resolve allegations of a widespread tuna price-fixing conspiracy that have been the focus of multidistrict litigation in California federal court.
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December 19, 2018
Retailers Chop Chicken Of The Sea From Tuna Price-Fix MDL
Thirty food retailers including Kmart, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar have cut Chicken of the Sea from massive multidistrict litigation in California federal court accusing packaged seafood producers of fixing prices for canned tuna.
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November 30, 2018
Kansas Grocer Fights To Keep Ex-Tuna Exec On The Hook
Kansas City-based grocery company Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. asked a federal court Thursday to keep alive its price-fixing suit against Bumble Bee Foods' former CEO, challenging the executive's bid to toss the case over questions of jurisdiction and timeliness.
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November 05, 2018
PE Firms Look To Nix Buyers' Tuna Price-Fixing Claims
Two linked private equity firms that own Bumble Bee Foods LLC have told a California federal court they want to dismiss the latest claims of tuna price-fixing by direct purchasers, indirect purchasers, commercial food preparers, end payors and the Cherokee Nation, arguing that the plaintiffs can't show the firms participated in a conspiracy.
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October 22, 2018
Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Wants Kansas Grocers' Suit Tossed
The former chief of Bumble Bee Foods LLC accused of a tuna price-fixing plot has urged a California federal judge to let him escape an antitrust suit, arguing that a grocery group blundered by suing him personally in Kansas.