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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. May 08, 2023

    Tuna Buyers Want PE Firms To Stay In Price-Fixing MDL

    Tuna buyers who say they paid too much for the tinned fish due to price-fixing are asking a California federal judge not to let three private equity companies out of multidistrict litigation, telling the court that they knew about the conspiracy and did nothing to stop it.

  2. April 24, 2023

    StarKist, Others Score Partial Win In Tuna Price-Fixing MDL

    A California federal judge on Monday agreed to trim certain claims against StarKist Co., Del Monte Corp. and Dongwon Industries Co. Ltd. stemming from tuna purchases made before May 2011, ruling that tuna buyers haven't offered enough evidence showing that the companies had price-fixing agreements before that time.

  3. March 28, 2023

    PE Firms Look To Slip Tuna Price-Fixing Claims

    Three private equity companies that invested in Bumble Bee Foods want out of multidistrict litigation over the widespread canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy, telling a California federal court that none of them have "ever priced or sold a single can of tuna."

  4. March 07, 2023

    Chicken Of The Sea's $13M Tuna Price-Fix Deal Gets Final OK

    A California federal judge on Tuesday gave final approval to a $13 million deal — with $5.95 million going to class counsel — to settle price-fixing accusations against Chicken of the Sea International made by direct purchasers of the canned tuna product.

  5. October 20, 2022

    California Federal Court Trims Tuna Buyers' Price-Fixing Suit

    Major tuna producers were able to dodge some of the price-fixing accusations they are facing after a California federal judge found that some of the buyers' claims failed under state laws, or did not apply to the suit.

  6. October 12, 2022

    Tuna Buyers Ask High Court To Reject StarKist Class Review

    Buyers accusing major tuna producers of fixing prices through a scheme targeted by a criminal probe of the industry urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from StarKist Co. seeking to decertify potentially massive classes in the case.

  7. August 11, 2022

    StarKist Asks High Court To Reject Tuna Buyers Class Cert.

    StarKist Co. has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court for help in decertifying potentially massive classes of plaintiffs in ongoing litigation over price-fixing allegations by the major tuna producers, saying that many of the proposed class members didn't actually pay higher prices.

  8. August 09, 2022

    Judge Revives Price-Fixing Suit Against Ex-Bumble Bee CEO

    The former head of Bumble Bee tuna is once again facing a price-fixing suit in Kansas after a California federal judge revived multidistrict litigation brought by a wholesale grocery chain against the CEO, Christopher Lischewski.

  9. July 20, 2022

    StarKist Can't Can 'Private Label' Tuna Claims

    A California federal judge refused to let StarKist and its parent company slip certain claims in multidistrict litigation alleging canned tuna price-fixing, finding there are triable issues regarding whether the conspiracy reached tuna products StarKist sold to major retailers for sale under those companies' brand names.

  10. May 23, 2022

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Fights Redo Bid In Kansas Tuna Suit

    Bumble Bee Foods LLC's former CEO urged the California federal judge overseeing tuna price-fixing multidistrict litigation to reject on Friday a wholesale grocery distributor's bid to revive its suit against the incarcerated executive, saying it just "rehashes" issues already addressed by the court.