Crab buyers say plaintiffs haven't supported settlements in US price-fixing case
( August 19, 2026, 00:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Crab buyer defendants Bornstein Seafoods, Astoria Pacific Seafoods, Pacific Seafood and Ocean Gold Seafoods argue that plaintiffs still haven't provided sufficient evidence and analysis for a California federal judge to preliminarily approve proposed class-action settlements in litigation over an alleged crab price-fixing conspiracy. The defendants contend that plaintiffs' asserted average underpayment of $0.55 per pound of Dungeness crab is inadequately explained. The defendants also argue that plaintiffs "still fail to explain their theory of liability, what the nature of the alleged 'agreement' between buyers was, how this supposed 'cartel' has operated across the entire West Coast for over a decade, or the evidence showing that the alleged buyer conduct caused the price differences on which Plaintiffs’ damages estimate apparently depends."See attached filing....
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