$13M Price-Fixing Settlement Between Tuna Company, Direct Purchasers Approved

Mealey's (March 16, 2023, 8:45 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in California granted final approval of a more than $13 million settlement in multidistrict litigation accusing tuna producers of engaging in a price-fixing conspiracy between Tri-Union Seafoods LLC, doing business as Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) and Thai Union Group PCL (TUG), and direct purchaser plaintiffs (DPPs) and granted the DPPs’ motion for attorney fees, costs and service awards....