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IN RE: PACKAGED SEAFOOD PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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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

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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