Crabbers seek adverse inference over alleged spoliation in US antitrust case
By Alex Wilts ( July 24, 2026, 00:46 GMT | Insight) -- Independent commercial crabbers asked a California federal judge to impose an adverse inference against four seafood processors and distributors accused of price-fixing, alleging that the companies including Pacific Seafood failed to preserve relevant evidence in the antitrust litigation. Independent commercial crabbers asked a California federal judge to impose an adverse inference against four seafood processors and distributors accused of price-fixing, alleging that the companies including Pacific Seafood failed to preserve relevant evidence in the antitrust litigation....
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