Tag: Price Fixing
US: Bumble Bee takes plea deal in price-fixing case
US shelf staple seafood giant Bumble Bee Foods entered a guilty plea on Wednesday for its role in a price fixing cartel, agreeing to...
US: Tyson’s price-fixing lawsuit dismissed
On July 28, US District Court Judge Timothy Brooks dismissed a shareholders lawsuit against meat producer Tyson Foods Inc. The lawsuit alleged that the...
Germany: BMW denies collusion and price fixing
In the wake of the allegations reported last week of German car makers colluding to fix prices, specifically of diesel emissions systems, BMW has...
US: DoJ asks for reduced fine for Bumble Bee
On July 19, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a request for the court to accept Bumble Bee Foods plea agreement in the...
Japan: JFTC raids department stores
On July 19, Japan’s competition watchdog searched the offices and branches of three department store chains in the Osaka-Kyoto area for alleged violation of...
US: Target sues tuna “Big 3”
Target is the latest retailer to file a lawsuit against the “big three” tuna companies over allegations of fixing the price of canned tuna.
The...
South Africa: Corn millers fined for price fixing
Corn milling company Brenner Mills has agreed to pay a fine of 12 million rand (US$929,800) after being found guilty of price fixing by...
US: West Virginia joins multi-state price fixing law suit
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined a multistate lawsuit alleging antitrust violations involving an antibiotic, an oral diabetes medication and six generic drug...
US: California lobby triggers probe on Spanish olives
The Commerce Department is probing whether ripe olives from Spain are being “dumped” at artificially low prices in the US, hurting Central Valley olive...
South Africa: Chemical companies pay for price-fixing
The Competition Commission of South Africa said on Thursday that two companies involved in the manufacturing and supply of key chemical input materials used...
