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

Sectors & Industries:

April 08, 2022
En Banc 9th Circ. Affirms Cert. Of StarKist Tuna Buyers

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.
March 30, 2022
Convicted Bumble Bee CEO Ducks Kansas-Based Tuna Suit

A California federal judge nixed a wholesale grocery distributor's tuna price-fixing claims against Bumble Bee Foods LLC's former CEO Monday amid multidistrict litigation, holding that the incarcerated executive lacks any ties to Kansas where the distributor first filed suit.
March 22, 2022
Tuna Buyers Win Revival Of Price-Fix Claims Against PE Firms

A California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging price-fixing in the canned tuna industry has reversed a prior order dismissing buyers' claims against two British private equity funds that once owned Bumble Bee Foods LLC, finding that new evidence unearthed in discovery is sufficient for buyers to pursue antitrust claims.
March 02, 2022
Del Monte To Face Some Post-StarKist Price-Fixing Claims

Del Monte Corp. must face claims in multidistrict litigation that it participated in a sprawling conspiracy to fix the prices of packaged tuna through 2010, when it stopped providing services to StarKist following its sale of the brand, a California federal court has ruled.
February 14, 2022
Price Hikes Not Enough To Put Tuna Buyers On Notice

A California federal judge on Friday dealt StarKist its second blow in a week, again refusing to pare down tuna price-fixing claims — this time from consumers, restaurants, caterers and others — based on company assertions that they are at least partially time-barred.
February 07, 2022
StarKist, Others Can't Nix Tuna Price-Fixing Claims As Too Old

A California federal judge rejected arguments from StarKist Co. and other canned tuna companies that direct purchasers' price-fixing claims are time-barred, ruling Monday that the class presented evidence that the companies fraudulently concealed their actions, thereby tolling the statute of limitations.
February 04, 2022
StarKist Judge Keeps Guilty Plea Linked To Price-Fixing MDL

A California federal judge on Friday said he will not reconsider an order in multidistrict litigation alleging tuna price-fixing that Starkist Co.'s guilty plea — and evidence connected to the case — in parallel criminal proceedings can be used as evidence to show it participated in the sprawling conspiracy.
January 27, 2022
Chicken Of The Sea Buyers Win OK Of $40M Price-Fix Deals

A California federal judge has signed off on three deals totaling $39.5 million resolving buyers' claims that Chicken of the Sea International schemed with other seafood producers to jack up the price of canned tuna, bringing an end to years of antitrust litigation against the tuna giant.
January 06, 2022
Buyer Says Ex-Tuna Exec On Hook For Price-Fixing Claims

A grocery wholesaler suing for overcharges allegedly stemming from a sprawling price-fixing scheme among the country's largest canned tuna producers is urging a California federal court to find the former CEO of Bumble Bee liable in the case based on his criminal conviction.
December 21, 2021
Tuna Giants' Price-Fixing Admissions Made Public In MDL

After declaring StarKist civilly liable for its role in an industrywide conspiracy to fix the price of canned tuna, a California federal judge has made public details of exactly what the companies admitted to through filings made by the suing seafood buyers.

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