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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
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Ahern & Associates
- Allen Matkins
- Alston & Bird
- Anderson Kill
- Andrews & Pontius
- Angeli Law Group
- A&O Shearman
- Bailey & Glasser
- Barrett Law Group
- Bartko Zankel
- Berg Hill
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Blecher Collins
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Block & Leviton
- Blood Hurst
- BoiesBattin
- Boies Schiller
- Bottini & Bottini
- Brown Neri
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Casey Gerry
- Cera LLP
- Cherian LLP
- Coffman Law Firm
- Cohen & Gresser
- Crosner Legal
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Del Mar Law Group
- Donahue Fitzgerald
- Donboli Law Group
- Faegre Drinker
- Fisher & Phillips
- Gainey McKenna
- Gibson Dunn
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Gross Klein
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hagens Berman
- Hartley LLP
- Hausfeld LLP
- Haynsworth Sinkler
- Heins Mills
- Hogan Lovells
- Janssen Malloy
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Kaplan Fox
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Kenny Nachwalter
- King & Spalding
- Kirby McInerney
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Kralowec Law
- Kutak Rock
- Larson LLP
- Latham & Watkins
- Law Offices of Francis O. Scarpulla
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Lite DePalma
- Lockridge Grindal
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Marcus Neiman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Mauriello Law Firm
- Miller Pitt
- Miller Shah LLP
- MoginRubin
- Motley Rice
- Mullin Hoard
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Neal & Harwell
- Nicholas & Tomasevic
- Nussbaum Law Group
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Parks & Solar
- Paul Weiss
- Pearson Warshaw
- Perkins Coie
- Porter Wright
- Pritzker Levine
- Quinn Emanuel
- Safirstein Law
- Sherrard Roe
- Shindler Anderson
- Simpson Thacher
- Sperling & Slater
- Sprouse Shrader
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Stueve Siegel
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Susman Godfrey
- Tostrud Law Group
- Troutman Pepper
- Willkie Farr
- Wilson Sonsini
- Wilson Turner
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Zelle LLP
- Zoll & Kranz
Companies
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC
- Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Bumble Bee Foods LLC
- Central Grocers Inc.
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- CVS Health Corp.
- Del Monte Foods Inc.
- Dollar General Corp.
- Dollar Tree Inc.
- Dongwon F&B Co. Ltd.
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- H‑E‑B LP
- Hy-Vee
- Kmart Corp.
- Krasdale Foods Inc.
- K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.
- Lion Capital LLP
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Save A Lot Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- StarKist Co.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- Target Corp.
- The Golub Corp.
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- URM Stores Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Walmart Inc.
- Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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May 12, 2021
Bumble Bee Drops From Tuna MDL, But Attys Can't Buzz Off
A massive price-fixing litigation against bankrupt tuna giant Bumble Bee has been stayed in California federal court, but the presiding judge said its lawyers can't quit the case because doing so subjects the company to default.
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April 21, 2021
Chicken Of The Sea, Indirect Buyers Net $6.5M Price-Fix Deal
A group of indirect commercial tuna purchasers who shopped at major retailers including Walmart and Sam's Club urged a California federal judge Wednesday to approve a $6.5 million deal they reached with Chicken of the Sea to settle price-fixing claims.
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April 06, 2021
9th Circ. Unhooks Tuna Cos. From Price-Fixing Class Cert.
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday decertified three buyer classes in sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of canned tuna, saying statistical evidence can be used to establish who can claim injury, but the district court must first determine the number of uninjured proposed class members.
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April 01, 2021
Chicken Of The Sea Serves Up $13M Tuna Price-Fix Deal
A final group of direct purchasers in antitrust litigation against Chicken of the Sea International have asked a California federal judge to sign off on a $13 million deal resolving claims that the company schemed with other seafood producers to jack up the price of canned tuna.
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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.