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Tuna Prices

The Ninth Circuit vacated an order that certified three classes in a multidistrict suit alleging packaged tuna producers engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy, finding that factual disputes must be resolved to determine whether the class meets the predominance requirement.

/ April 6, 2021
FILE - In this June 30, 2008 file photo a StarKist brand product is seen on a grocery store shelf in Boston. Authorities say StarKist has agreed to plead guilty to price fixing as part of a broad collusion investigation of the industry. Federal prosecutors announced the plea agreement Thursday and said the company faces a maximum fine of $100 million. Bumble Bee Foods last year pleaded guilty to the same charge and paid a $25 million fine. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole,File)

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit vacated an order that certified three classes in a multidistrict suit alleging packaged tuna producers engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy, finding that factual disputes must be resolved to determine whether the class meets the predominance requirement. 

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