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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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September 20, 2019
Tuna Cos. Look To Bar Testimony Over 'Racial Stereotypes'
Canned-tuna giants StarKist and Chicken of the Sea urged a California federal judge to block class action price-fixing plaintiffs from using an expert witness who relies solely on "cultural and racial stereotypes" about Asians to blur the line between the companies and their corporate parents.
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August 14, 2019
Tuna Producers Facing 'Death Knell' With Price-Fixing MDL
The country's three largest producers of tuna said the recent certification of a consumer class action alleging a long-running scheme to spike prices of canned tuna would push their finances to the breaking point because they already face millions in fines they cannot afford.