April 08, 2022
An en banc Ninth Circuit on Friday issued a split decision affirming certification of a trio of classes of canned tuna buyers in price-fixing litigation against StarKist, ruling that the buyers' expert evidence and statistical model adequately established potential harm to consumers on classwide bases.
December 20, 2021
StarKist fired back at "attempts" by classes of canned tuna buyers "to gloss over" the company's argument to a Ninth Circuit en banc panel that class certification in their private price-fixing litigation should be vacated due to stock holdings by a lower court judge or her relatives in several companies involved in the case.
December 01, 2021
StarKist told the Ninth Circuit it has a reason beyond the ruling itself for tossing an order that certified three classes of canned tuna buyers in sprawling private price-fixing litigation, citing stock holdings that triggered the lower court judge's recusal from the case.
September 22, 2021
StarKist Co. urged the en banc Ninth Circuit during oral arguments on Wednesday to decertify three classes of canned tuna buyers in a massive price-fixing lawsuit, saying there are too many class members who haven't suffered any injuries from the alleged scheme.
September 14, 2021
A trio of public interest groups are urging the full Ninth Circuit to rule in favor of certifying three classes of tuna buyers in a massive price-fixing suit even though a split panel found there are potentially too many uninjured class members.
September 08, 2021
Three business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are asking the Ninth Circuit to uphold a split panel's decision to decertify three classes of canned-tuna buyers in a massive price-fixing lawsuit after finding there are potentially too many uninjured class members.
August 03, 2021
A full Ninth Circuit voted Tuesday to vacate a split panel's decision to decertify three classes of canned-tuna buyers in a massive price-fixing lawsuit after finding there are potentially too many uninjured class members, saying it will rehear the case en banc.
May 20, 2021
An antitrust think tank and a public advocacy group are urging the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider a panel decision to decertify three classes of tuna buyers in a massive price-fixing suit after finding there are potentially too many uninjured class members.
April 29, 2021
The Ninth Circuit is examining whether federal judges can certify classes if only a "de minimis" percentage is unharmed while mulling whether to reconsider a panel's early April decision decertifying buyer classes in antitrust multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of canned tuna.
April 06, 2021
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.