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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: StarKist Co.
Current Parent Company: Dongwon Group
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Penalty: $20,000,000
Year: 2019
Date: January 25, 2019
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Starkist agreed to pay $20 million to end payer plaintiffs to settle litigation alleging price fixing of canned tuna.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:15md2670
Case Name: In re: Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: South Korea
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: seafood
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