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
- Bartko LLP
- Marcus Neiman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Kirby McInerney
- Larson LLP
- BoiesBattin
- Boies Schiller
- Pearson Warshaw
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Nussbaum Law Group
- 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.
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Walmart Inc.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Chicken of the Sea International
- Sysco Corp.
- 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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October 03, 2018
Tuna Cos. Skewer Food Preparer Cert. Bid In Price-Fix MDL
Seafood producers have blasted the efforts of commercial food preparers to win class status in multidistrict litigation over alleged tuna price-fixing, telling a California federal judge Tuesday there's no way to show common damages that justify collective action.
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September 11, 2018
DOJ Presses To Halt Discovery In Tuna Price-Fixing MDL
Prosecutors have asked a California federal judge to delay discovery in a civil tuna price-fixing case against Bumble Bee Foods' ex-CEO, saying some depositions could interfere with the government's criminal case against him.
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September 07, 2018
UK Equity Firm Partly Escapes Tuna Price-Fix Claims
The British private equity firm that owns Bumble Bee Foods can largely slip the net of multidistrict litigation over an alleged tuna fish price-fixing plot, a California federal judge ruled, but the firm's American arm still faces potential antitrust class actions.
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September 06, 2018
Cherokee Nation Tossed From Tuna Price-Fixing MDL
The Cherokee Nation lacks standing to sue packaged tuna producers Bumble Bee Foods LLC, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist Co. for an alleged price-fixing conspiracy, a California federal judge has ruled in ejecting the tribe from a broader multidistrict litigation.
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May 30, 2018
Multiple Classes Seek Cert. In Tuna Price-Fixing MDL
Consumers and commercial food preparers of packaged tuna urged a California federal court to certify their class allegations against Chicken of the Sea, StarKist Co. and Bumble Bee Foods LLC, arguing they have proven their claims of a price-fixing conspiracy should advance.
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May 22, 2018
Chicken Of The Sea, Walmart Settle In Tuna Price-Fix MDL
Chicken of the Sea International on Tuesday said it has reached a cash settlement with Walmart Inc. to resolve antitrust claims related to a multidistrict litigation in California federal court alleging a widespread tuna price-fixing conspiracy.
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May 03, 2018
PE Firm Wants To Be Let Off Hook In Tuna Price-Fix MDL
A British private equity firm urged a California district judge to let it out of a multidistrict litigation over alleged tuna price-fixing Wednesday, arguing that the plaintiffs had gone fishing for defendants that could pay, not ones that had done anything wrong.
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September 29, 2017
Bumble Bee, StarKist Can't Dodge Tuna Price-Fix MDL
Multidistrict litigation alleging a widespread tuna price-fixing conspiracy will press on after a California federal judge largely rejected StarKist and other companies' attempts to toss claims that the alleged conspiracy dated back more than a decade.
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September 01, 2017
Bumble Bee, StarKist Replace Counsel In Tuna Price-Fix MDL
Bumble Bee Foods LLC and StarKist Co. have shaken up their legal teams in multidistrict litigation over an alleged tuna price-fixing scheme, with both companies replacing the firms representing them, according to documents filed in California federal court.
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May 16, 2017
Wal-Mart Fingers Alleged Price-Fixing Execs In Tuna Suit
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in an updated lawsuit in California federal court has named dozens of executives from Bumble Bee Foods LLC, StarKist Co. and Tri-Union Seafoods LLC who it alleges participated in a decadelong scheme to fix prices for canned tuna sold in the U.S.