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Civil Litigation

Nov. 7, 2019

Tuna executives plotted collusion away from boss, lawyer says

Top Bumble Bee Foods LLC executives worked independently without the guidance of their one-time boss to collude with competitors to fix the prices of canned tuna, an attorney representing the company's former CEO Christopher Lischewski argued Wednesday.

Tuna executives plotted collusion away from boss, lawyer says
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen

SAN FRANCISCO -- Top Bumble Bee Foods LLC executives worked independently without the guidance of their one-time boss to collude with competitors to fix the prices of canned tuna, an attorney representing the company's former CEO Christopher Lischewski argued Wednesday.

Former senior sales executive Walter Scott Cameron suggested Lischewski was kept in the dark about illicit relationships and communications with rival companies whe...

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