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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.