IN RE: PACKAGED SEAFOOD PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION
Case Number:
3:15-md-02670
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Ahern & Associates
- Allen Matkins
- Alston & Bird
- Anderson Kill
- Andrews & Pontius
- Angeli Law Group
- A&O Shearman
- Bailey & Glasser
- Barrett Law Group
- Bartko LLP
- Bartko Zankel
- Berg Hill
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Blecher Collins
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Block & Leviton
- Blood Hurst
- BoiesBattin
- Boies Schiller
- Bottini & Bottini
- Brown Neri
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Casey Gerry
- Cera LLP
- Cherian LLP
- Coffman Law Firm
- Cohen & Gresser
- Crosner Legal
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Del Mar Law Group
- Donahue Fitzgerald
- Donboli Law Group
- Faegre Drinker
- Fisher & Phillips
- Gainey McKenna
- Gibson Dunn
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Gross Klein
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hagens Berman
- Hartley LLP
- Hausfeld LLP
- Haynsworth Sinkler
- Heins Mills
- Hogan Lovells
- Janssen Malloy
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Kaplan Fox
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Kenny Nachwalter
- King & Spalding
- Kirby McInerney
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Kralowec Law
- Kutak Rock
- Larson LLP
- Latham & Watkins
- Law Offices of Francis O. Scarpulla
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Lite DePalma
- Lockridge Grindal
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Marcus Neiman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Mauriello Law Firm
- Miller Pitt
- Miller Shah LLP
- MoginRubin
- Motley Rice
- Mullin Hoard
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Neal & Harwell
- Nicholas & Tomasevic
- Nussbaum Law Group
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Parks & Solar
- Paul Weiss
- Pearson Warshaw
- Perkins Coie
- Porter Wright
- Pritzker Levine
- Quinn Emanuel
- Safirstein Law
- Sherrard Roe
- Shindler Anderson
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Sperling & Slater
- Sprouse Shrader
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Stueve Siegel
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Susman Godfrey
- Tostrud Law Group
- Troutman Pepper
- Willkie Farr
- Wilson Sonsini
- Wilson Turner Kosmo
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Yarborough Law Firm
- Zelle LLP
- Zoll & Kranz
Companies
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC
- Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Brookshire Grocery
- Bumble Bee Foods LLC
- Central Grocers Inc.
- Costco
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- CVS Health Corp.
- Del Monte Foods Inc.
- Dollar General Corp.
- Dollar Tree Inc.
- Dongwon F&B Co. Ltd.
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- H‑E‑B LP
- Hy-Vee
- Kmart Corp.
- Krasdale Foods Inc.
- K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.
- Lion Capital LLP
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Save A Lot Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- StarKist Co.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- Target Corp.
- The Golub Corp.
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- URM Stores Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Walmart Inc.
- Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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December 02, 2021
Buyers Say $40M In Chicken Of The Sea Antitrust Deals Fixed
Three groups of canned tuna buyers that reached a total of $39.5 million in deals with Chicken of the Sea in price-fixing litigation have renewed their bids for approval of the settlements after making tweaks demanded by the California federal court overseeing the case.
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November 17, 2021
Seafood Purchasers Get Partial Antitrust Win Against StarKist
Seafood purchasers scored a partial win in a sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging price-fixing by StarKist and other seafood producers, with a California federal judge ruling that StarKist's guilty plea in parallel criminal proceedings show that it did participate in the conspiracy but doesn't necessarily establish injury.
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October 01, 2021
StarKist Wants Info On Judge's Family Stocks After Recusal
StarKist has asked a California federal court to provide more information about the stocks owned by the family of a judge who, until her recent recusal, had presided over suits from Target, Sysco and CVS in multidistrict price-fixing litigation against the tuna giant.
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September 22, 2021
StarKist Tells 9th Circ. Uninjured Overwhelm Tuna Classes
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.
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May 12, 2021
Bumble Bee Drops From Tuna MDL, But Attys Can't Buzz Off
A massive price-fixing litigation against bankrupt tuna giant Bumble Bee has been stayed in California federal court, but the presiding judge said its lawyers can't quit the case because doing so subjects the company to default.
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April 21, 2021
Chicken Of The Sea, Indirect Buyers Net $6.5M Price-Fix Deal
A group of indirect commercial tuna purchasers who shopped at major retailers including Walmart and Sam's Club urged a California federal judge Wednesday to approve a $6.5 million deal they reached with Chicken of the Sea to settle price-fixing claims.
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April 06, 2021
9th Circ. Unhooks Tuna Cos. From Price-Fixing Class Cert.
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.
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April 01, 2021
Chicken Of The Sea Serves Up $13M Tuna Price-Fix Deal
A final group of direct purchasers in antitrust litigation against Chicken of the Sea International have asked a California federal judge to sign off on a $13 million deal resolving claims that the company schemed with other seafood producers to jack up the price of canned tuna.
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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.
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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.