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
- Sherrard Roe
- Ahern & Associates
- Parks & Solar
- Block & Leviton
- Cherian LLP
- Shindler Anderson
- Tostrud Law Group
- Sperling & Slater
- Andrews & Pontius
- Brown Neri
- Casey Gerry
- Quinn Emanuel
- Wilson Sonsini
- Alston & Bird
- Cuneo Gilbert
- King & Spalding
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- Nicholas & Tomasevic
- Blood Hurst
- Wilson Turner Kosmo
- Donboli Law Group
- Angeli Law Group
- Bottini & Bottini
- Faegre Drinker
- Bailey & Glasser
- Lite DePalma
- Coffman Law Firm
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Kutak Rock
- Zoll & Kranz
- Neal & Harwell
- Safirstein Law
- Stueve Siegel
- Bartko Zankel
- Kaplan Fox
- Paul Weiss
- Mullin Hoard
- Berg Hill
- Sprouse Shrader
- Bernstein Liebhard
- Heins Mills
- Miller Shah LLP
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Kenny Nachwalter
- Hartley LLP
- Pritzker Levine
- Motley Rice
- MoginRubin
- Kralowec Law
- Anderson Kill
- Mauriello Law Firm
- Blecher Collins
- Hausfeld LLP
- Lockridge Grindal
- Gross Klein
- Janssen Malloy
- Del Mar Law Group
- Fisher & Phillips
- Cohen & Gresser
- Porter Wright
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Troutman Pepper
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Miller Pitt
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Zelle LLP
- A&O Shearman
- Marcus Neiman
- Marcus & Shapira
- Kirby McInerney
- Larson LLP
- BoiesBattin
- Boies Schiller
- Pearson Warshaw
- Kopecky Schumacher
- Nussbaum Law Group
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Gibson Dunn
- Perkins Coie
- Hogan Lovells
- Hagens Berman
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Gustafson Gluek
- Crosner Legal
- Barrett Law Group
- Allen Matkins
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Law Offices of Francis O. Scarpulla
- Haynsworth Sinkler
- Bartko LLP
- Donahue Fitzgerald
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Kazerouni Law Group
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Gainey McKenna
- Yarborough Law Firm
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Susman Godfrey
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Latham & Watkins
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- Fareway Stores Inc.
- Schnuck Markets Inc.
- Kmart Corp.
- Save A Lot Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corp.
- Dollar Tree Inc.
- Central Grocers Inc.
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
- The Golub Corp.
- CVS Health Corp.
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC
- Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Company Inc.
- The Kroger Co.
- Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Costco
- Bumble Bee Foods LLC
- Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
- URM Stores Inc.
- Del Monte Foods Inc.
- Piggly Wiggly LLC
- Krasdale Foods Inc.
- Lion Capital LLP
- McLane Co. Inc.
- Bi-Lo
- Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.
- Publix Super Markets Inc.
- Albertsons Cos. Inc.
- Target Corp.
- K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.
- Supervalu Inc.
- Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative Inc.
- Brookshire Brothers Ltd.
- Walmart Inc.
- Chicken of the Sea International
- Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.
- Sysco Corp.
- Brookshire Grocery
- H‑E‑B LP
- StarKist Co.
- Brookshire Brothers Inc.
- Sam's Club
- Hy-Vee
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- Unified Grocers Inc.
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- Giant Eagle Inc.
- Dollar General Corp.
- Dongwon F&B Co. Ltd.
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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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.
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July 31, 2019
Tuna Buyers Win Cert. In Sprawling Price-Fixing MDL
A California federal judge granted class certification in a sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation to consumers claiming they were swindled by a long-running scheme to fix prices of canned tuna, following up a criminal investigation that led Chicken of the Sea, StarKist and Bumble Bee to admit wrongdoing.
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June 11, 2019
Wegmans, Krasdale Unhook StarKist In Tuna Price-Fix MDL
Wegmans Food Markets Inc. and Krasdale Foods Inc. have come to terms that will allow StarKist Co. to further untangle itself from multidistrict litigation accusing it of conspiring with its rivals to hike up the price of canned tuna, according to filings in California federal court Monday.
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June 06, 2019
Kmart Cuts StarKist Loose From Tuna Price-Fix MDL
Dozens of grocers, including Kmart Corp., have come to terms that will allow StarKist Co. to bow out of multidistrict litigation accusing it of conspiring with its rivals to hike up the price of canned tuna, according to a filing in California federal court.
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May 24, 2019
Food Preparers Settle Tuna Claims With Chicken Of The Sea
A group including restaurants, caterers and other commercial food preparers told a California federal court on Friday that they have netted a $6.5 million deal with Chicken of the Sea to end their claims over the company's alleged part in a scheme to fix the price of canned tuna.
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May 21, 2019
Chicken Of The Sea, CVS Ink Deal In Tuna Price-Fix MDL
CVS agreed to cut Chicken of the Sea loose from a suit accusing the tuna company of conspiring with rivals to pump up the cost of the canned fish, with the companies telling a California federal judge Monday that they had settled their differences.
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May 07, 2019
StarKist's Atty Docs Off-Limits In Tuna Price-Fixing MDL
A California federal court has rejected an attempt to force StarKist to produce communications between the company and its general counsel in a multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the canned tuna industry.
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April 19, 2019
Dollar General, Others Settle StarKist Tuna Price-Fixing MDL
Tuna company StarKist settled with seven different tuna buyers Friday, including Dollar General, as part of multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the canned-tuna industry, according to joint dismissal motions filed in California federal court.
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April 04, 2019
Target Unhooks Bumble Bee From Its Price-Fixing Claims
Target Corp. has cut another defendant from its part of multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the canned-tuna industry, according to a joint dismissal motion the retail giant filed with Bumble Bee Foods LLC in California federal court on Wednesday.