( December 5, 2025, 23:30 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Pacific Seafood failed to demonstrate that their subpoenas to 58 putative class members alleging a crab-pricing cartel "meet the high threshold for such discovery of putative class members," plaintiffs in US antitrust litigation told a California federal judge. In a reply in support of their motion to quash the subpoenas, the putative class members wrote that "Pacific Seafood, the most dominant player in the ex vessel market and one accused of a history of punishing crabbers who cross it, served the subpoenas on the eve of the upcoming crab season, causing deep concern among the targeted putative class members about getting a market for the upcoming season, the burden of complying with the subpoenas, or the ramifications if they don’t." The plaintiffs said the targeted putative class members are not in a position to properly defend their interests.See court document. ...
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