Witness lists for Lischewski trial a ‘who’s who’ of global tuna industry
Proposed witnesses for Lischewski tuna price-fixing trial include execs from WWF, Safeway, the FBI, the CEOs of FCF and Tri Marine, as well as senior managers from ‘big three’ US firms
Lischewski’s legal team: Curto email based on ‘frail memory’ of conversation over drinks
Former Bumble Bee Foods CEO Chris Lischewski is seeking to have an email sent by Renato Curto omitted from the November trial, due to the latter’s 'frail memory' of the conversation
DOJ can allege pouch tuna collusion at Lischewski trial, but not salmon or sardines
DOJ will be able to refer to allegedly collusive communications about prices of tuna pouches at the trial of former Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski, but not other species, judge rules
Prosecutors get OK to argue Lischewski tried to recruit Roszmann into price-fixing
Judge Edward Chen's order gave prosecutors permission to use Chris Lischewski’s alleged 'post conspiracy' conversations with then Tri-Union COO David Roszmann
Feds push to use Tri Marine CEO’s email as price-fixing evidence against Lischewski
The substance of Lischewski’s 'admission was so damning it shocked Curto' -- federal prosecutors in describing an email from Tri-Marine's CEO they want to use as evidence
Trump tweets plans to take US tariffs on China shrimp, crab, tuna, other seafood to 30%
US president announces plans for increased tariffs on products from China on Friday, including range of seafood items, retaliating to a move from Xi Jinping's government earlier
Thai Union’s price-fixing bill exceeds $100m as most settlements reached
'We believe the financial impact of this litigation is now fully provided for by Chicken of the Sea' -- Thai Union Group
Bumble Bee mulls bankruptcy filing with sales dropping, debt covenant breached
As beleaguered US shelf-stable supplier Bumble Bee looks to sell its Canadian division, the company is also said to be mulling a bankruptcy filing as one way to ease its financial burden
Washington’s Bornstein ceases some groundfish processing
The company will offer jobs to some of the 40 workers affected at its Oregon facilities but it recognizes some may not want to move, CEO Colin Bornstein said
Judge ok’s class certification in tuna price-fixing suits
The ruling signifies that the facts of the hundreds of individual cases against the canners are common enough to be tried together in class-action lawsuits.