Tag: StarKist
Plaintiffs Ask SCOTUS To Stay Out Of Canned Tuna Suit
Canned tuna buyers leading antitrust litigation over an industry wide price-fixing scheme urged the US Supreme Court to stay out of their dispute with...
StarKist Loses Class Action Appeal In Antitrust Case
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Friday that canned tuna multinational StarKist must face class action antitrust litigation over its alleged scheme...
StarKist Wants Price-Fixing Case Ruling Thrown Out Due Over Judge’s Stock...
Class certification decisions made by US District Judge Janis Sammartino should be thrown out, tuna company StarKist and its parent company Dongwon Industries argued...
US: StarKist ordered to pay $100 million criminal fine
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered StarKist. to pay a $100 million fine in a canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving three companies.
The...
US: Tuna price-fixing case get class action status
Plaintiffs suing the Big Three tuna companies—Bumble Bee Foods, StarKist, and Chicken of the Sea—over alleged price fixing among the competitors have been granted...
US: StarKist asked to explore sale of TechPack to pay price-fixing...
The US Department of Justice asserted StarKist’s investment in TechPack Solutions, an India-based can and bottle technology firm, was worth more than the potential...
US: StarKist settles with Kroger over price-fixing
StarKist announced a settlement agreement with a large group of plaintiffs—including Kroger—in the pending antitrust litigation over price fixing in the US canned tuna...
US: StarKist pays US$20.5M to settle Walmart’s antitrust claims
StarKist announced late Friday, January 25, that it has agreed to a settlement worth US$20.5 million with Walmart to resolve antitrust claims. Pittsburgh-based Starkist...
US: Plea date for StarKist tuna price fixing case set
StarKist will appear Wednesday, November 14, at the federal court in San Francisco for an arraignment and plea hearing for its role in a...
US: StarKist guilty of price-fixing
StarKist—a subsidiary of South Korea’s Dongwon Group—has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of price-fixing, the Justice Department announced on Thursday, October 18.
The...
