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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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.
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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.