Starkist loses bid to exclude private-label tuna sales from price-fixing lawsuit

Reston, Virginia, U.S.A.-based Starkist has had its request to exclude its private-label sales from a lawsuit filed by customers alleging price-fixing denied.

A 25 July decision from Dana M. Sabraw, the chief justice of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, denied Starkist’s request to separate its private-label sales of canned tuna from a class-action lawsuit brought against it by its customers, alleging it fixed the prices of canned tuna between 2011 and 2015 ... 

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