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
- Ahern & Associates
- Parks & Solar
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Block & Leviton
- Shindler Anderson
- Tostrud Law Group
- Andrews & Pontius
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- Nicholas & Tomasevic
- Lockridge Grindal
- Cherian LLP
- Pritzker Levine
- Donboli Law Group
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Manning Law Firm
- Bottini & Bottini
- Hogan Lovells
- Coffman Law Firm
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Safirstein Law
- Stueve Siegel
- Zoll & Kranz
- Berg Hill
- Heins Mills
- Zelle LLP
- Fisher & Phillips
- Anderson Kill
- Mullin Hoard
- Crosner Legal
- Sprouse Shrader
- Lite DePalma
- Perkins Coie
- Mauriello Law Firm
- Blecher Collins
- Gross Klein
- Janssen Malloy
- Del Mar Law Group
- Cohen & Gresser
- Porter Wright
- Casey Gerry
- Hagens Berman
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Miller Pitt
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Marcus Neiman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Motley Rice
- Faegre Drinker
- BoiesBattin
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Bailey & Glasser
- Kaplan Fox
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- King & Spalding
- Gustafson Gluek
- Sherrard Roe
- Brown Neri
- Barrett Law Group
- Wilson Turner Kosmo
- Allen Matkins
- Law Offices of Francis O. Scarpulla
- Hartley LLP
- Haynsworth Sinkler
- Hausfeld LLP
- Kralowec Law
- Larson LLP
- Kutak Rock
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Gibson Dunn
- Gainey McKenna
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Blood Hurst
- Yarborough Law Firm
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Paul Weiss
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Boies Schiller
- Wilson Sonsini
- Quinn Emanuel
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Neal & Harwell
- Sperling Kenny
- Troutman
- Susman Godfrey
- Alston & Bird
- Kirby McInerney
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- A&O Shearman
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Latham & Watkins
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Kmart Corp.
- Save A Lot Inc.
- Dollar Tree Inc.
- Central Grocers Inc.
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC
- CVS Health Corp.
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Costco
- Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.
- Del Monte Foods Inc.
- Hy-Vee
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Bumble Bee Foods LLC
- Krasdale Foods Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Lion Capital LLP
- K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.
- The Golub Corp.
- McLane Co. Inc.
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- Bi-Lo
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Walmart Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Supervalu Inc.
- URM Stores Inc.
- Chicken of the Sea International
- Brookshire Grocery
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- Target Corp.
- Sam's Club
- StarKist Co.
- Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- H‑E‑B LP
- Dollar General Corp.
- Dongwon F&B Co. Ltd.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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January 12, 2021
Chicken Of The Sea Settles Remaining Tuna Price-Fix Suits
Tri-Union Seafoods LLC has reached the last deal needed to close the door on antitrust litigation in California federal court where the company is accused of scheming with other seafood producers to jack up the price of canned tuna.
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August 24, 2020
Don't Let Tuna Cos. Off Hook In Class Suit, 9th Circ. Urged
Public advocacy groups are calling on the Ninth Circuit to deny two tuna companies' challenge to several certified classes in a vast price-fixing case, saying a lower court relied on a legally sound statistical model to determine who could claim injury.
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June 16, 2020
9th Circ. Won't Pause Tuna Price-Fixing Case
The Ninth Circuit has rejected an emergency plea from three of the world's biggest tuna companies to stop a price-fixing suit against them from proceeding while they challenge class certification.
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May 27, 2020
Convicted Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Dodges Civil Suit For Now
A California federal judge on Tuesday tossed a Kansas wholesale distributor's canned tuna price-fixing claims against convicted former Bumble Bee Foods CEO Chris Lischewski, saying the suit doesn't sufficiently connect his actions to the filing jurisdiction, but would allow the distributor to try again in another court.
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March 03, 2020
Bumble Bee Ch. 11 Sale Deal Halts Antitrust Claims In Calif.
A California federal judge denied a handful of motions from antitrust plaintiffs pursuing price-fixing claims against canned seafood provider Bumble Bee Foods late Monday, saying the company's Chapter 11 case stayed the proceedings and an asset sale dealt with the litigation claims.
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February 27, 2020
Tuna Buyers Want PE Firm's Price-Fix Suit Escape Rethought
A group of canned tuna buyers have asked a California federal judge to reconsider dismissing Bumble Bee's private equity owners from a sprawling price-fixing litigation, saying evidence shows the buyers can overcome the legal hurdles that led to the tossing of the claims.
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February 24, 2020
Tuna Buyers Want To Appeal PE Firm's Price-Fix Suit Escape
Canned tuna buyers suing major manufacturers over allegations of a sprawling price-fixing plot have urged a California federal court to let them expedite an appeal of the court's ruling allowing Bumble Bee's private equity owners to escape the litigation.
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February 10, 2020
Tuna Buyers Say Cos. Missed Chance To Halt Price-Fix MDL
Several groups suing tuna producers over alleged price-fixing have urged a California federal judge not to put the brakes on the multidistrict litigation, saying a request by the companies to stay the litigation comes too late and would prejudice the case.
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January 30, 2020
Bumble Bee's PE Owners Freed From Tuna Price-Fix MDL
Two linked private equity funds that own canned tuna manufacturer Bumble Bee Foods LLC have won their bid to exit a protracted case over tuna price-fixing claims, as a California federal judge said snippets of evidence the buyers put forward against the funds weren't solid enough.
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January 21, 2020
Judge Sinks Chicken Of The Sea, Food Preparers' $6M Deal
A California federal judge has refused to sign off on a proposed $6.5 million settlement between food preparers and Chicken of the Sea over alleged price-fixing of canned tuna, saying it's not clear the deal is in the best interest of the proposed class.