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

Firms

Companies

Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Justice

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
March 15, 2017
State Law Claims Harpooned In Seafood Price-Fix MDL

A California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed some state claims in multidistrict litigation alleging a vast price-fixing conspiracy in the seafood industry, saying among other reasons that buyers of the seafood did not purchase the products in the relevant states.
January 04, 2017
Judge Filets Price-Fixing Claims In Seafood MDL

A California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation concerning an alleged price-fixing conspiracy in the seafood industry on Tuesday dismissed claims regarding packaged seafood but allowed most accusations of rigging the tuna market to continue.

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