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

Firms

Companies

Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Justice

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November 25, 2024
Tuna Price-Fixing MDL Lead Attys Awarded $86M In Fees

A California federal judge has agreed to award a combined total of $86 million in fees and costs to lead counsel representing two classes of canned tuna buyers who reached settlements in recent months with StarKist, Dongwon Industries and Lion Capital in a decadelong price-fixing case.
October 28, 2024
Attys Seek $48M Fees For Hooking $152M In Tuna Fixing Deals

Lawyers for a class of consumers that sued three of the largest tuna producers accusing them of conspiring to fix tinned fish prices asked a California federal court to approve nearly $50 million in legal costs after a settlement this summer ended nearly nine years of multidistrict litigation.
October 07, 2024
Attys Want $20M Fees For Netting $64M Tuna Price-Fixing Deal

Attorneys representing a class of purchasers who sued several canned tuna producers have asked a California federal judge for nearly $20 million in fees and costs associated with their recently inked $64 million settlement, saying the award is fair considering the effort the case took to prosecute and the complexity of the deal.
August 14, 2024
Tuna Price-Fixing Deal Comes With A Catch: $26M In Fish

Two groups of buyers accusing major canned tuna producers of price-fixing have asked a California federal judge to give the first seal of approval to settlements totaling more than $168 million in cash, plus $26 million in packaged tuna products.
June 25, 2024
Tuna Buyers Settle $1B Price-Fixing Claims Before July Trial

Tuna buyers seeking $1 billion in damages over allegations that StarKist, its parent company and a private investment firm that put money into Bumble Bee Foods conspired to hike the price of the tinned fish have reached settlements just ahead of trial, according to a California federal judge's order Tuesday.
May 21, 2024
Tuna Buyers Seeking $1B In July Price-Fixing Trial

Tuna buyers who are taking StarKist, its parent company and a private investment firm that put money into Bumble Bee Foods to trial on allegations of conspiring to hike the price of the tinned fish will be asking for over $1 billion in damages once all is said and done.
April 29, 2024
StarKist Looks To Block Guilty Plea From Price-Fixing Trial

StarKist and its South Korea-based owner are urging a California federal judge to reject a bid by packaged tuna buyers to bring evidence of the tuna company's guilty plea into the civil litigation, arguing that the plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice is irrelevant to a trial over claims that major tuna brands conspired to keep prices high.
April 09, 2024
StarKist, PE Co. Settle Tuna Price-Fixing Claims For $3.9M

Canned tuna buyers are hoping to settle their long-running price-fixing suit with StarKist and Bumble Bee, asking a California federal judge for preliminary approval of two class action payouts worth a total of $3.87 million.
June 28, 2023
Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Found Partially Liable For Price-Fixing

A California federal judge on Tuesday found a former Bumble Bee CEO partially liable for fixing tuna prices in sprawling multidistrict litigation over the years-old scheme, but he refused wholesalers' request to find the CEO liable during time periods outside the scope of his conviction.
May 23, 2023
Wholesalers Ask Judge To Rethink Trims In StarKist Suit

Wholesalers are asking a California federal judge to rethink a decision that trimmed certain packaged tuna price-fixing claims against StarKist, arguing the judge was able to cut years out of the allegations only by improperly requiring a "smoking gun" and ignoring important evidence.

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