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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

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. September 20, 2019

    Tuna Cos. Look To Bar Testimony Over 'Racial Stereotypes'

    Canned-tuna giants StarKist and Chicken of the Sea urged a California federal judge to block class action price-fixing plaintiffs from using an expert witness who relies solely on "cultural and racial stereotypes" about Asians to blur the line between the companies and their corporate parents.

  6. August 14, 2019

    Tuna Producers Facing 'Death Knell' With Price-Fixing MDL

    The country's three largest producers of tuna said the recent certification of a consumer class action alleging a long-running scheme to spike prices of canned tuna would push their finances to the breaking point because they already face millions in fines they cannot afford.

  7. July 31, 2019

    Tuna Buyers Win Cert. In Sprawling Price-Fixing MDL

    A California federal judge granted class certification in a sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation to consumers claiming they were swindled by a long-running scheme to fix prices of canned tuna, following up a criminal investigation that led Chicken of the Sea, StarKist and Bumble Bee to admit wrongdoing.

  8. June 11, 2019

    Wegmans, Krasdale Unhook StarKist In Tuna Price-Fix MDL

    Wegmans Food Markets Inc. and Krasdale Foods Inc. have come to terms that will allow StarKist Co. to further untangle itself from multidistrict litigation accusing it of conspiring with its rivals to hike up the price of canned tuna, according to filings in California federal court Monday.

  9. June 06, 2019

    Kmart Cuts StarKist Loose From Tuna Price-Fix MDL

    Dozens of grocers, including Kmart Corp., have come to terms that will allow StarKist Co. to bow out of multidistrict litigation accusing it of conspiring with its rivals to hike up the price of canned tuna, according to a filing in California federal court.

  10. May 24, 2019

    Food Preparers Settle Tuna Claims With Chicken Of The Sea

    A group including restaurants, caterers and other commercial food preparers told a California federal court on Friday that they have netted a $6.5 million deal with Chicken of the Sea to end their claims over the company's alleged part in a scheme to fix the price of canned tuna.

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