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USA v. Lischewski

  1. November 26, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Mistrial Bid Flops In Price-Fixing Case

    A California federal judge on Tuesday rejected ex-Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski's request to cut short his criminal price-fixing trial, saying prosecutors' questions about a whistleblower letter may have violated the spirit of an evidentiary order but weren't the kind of willful, egregious misconduct that would justify calling a mistrial.

  2. November 25, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Admits Getting Non-Public Info On Rivals

    Over repeated objections by defense attorneys, federal prosecutors on Monday cross-examined ex-Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski about allegations that he engaged in tuna-industry price fixing, drawing out concessions that he "occasionally" received non-public information from competitors and "may have" asked his employees to gather it.

  3. November 22, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Says He 'Had No Idea' About Price-Fixing

    The former CEO of Bumble Bee took the stand to defend himself against criminal tuna price-fixing charges Friday, testifying before a California federal jury that he didn't order subordinates to engage in price-fixing agreements with competitors while conceding "it's possible" his subordinates got pricing information from them.

  4. November 20, 2019

    Ex-Chicken Of The Sea Exec Admits Price-Fix Deal At Trial

    Two former Chicken of the Sea executives testified Wednesday that ex-Bumble Bee Foods CEO Chris Lischewski approached them about pricing, with one executive admitting he entered a price-fixing agreement with Lischewski and the other saying he lied about having been in a car accident to avoid the meeting.

  5. November 18, 2019

    Money, Family Take Center Stage In Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Trial

    Counsel representing Bumble Bee Foods' former CEO Christopher Lischewski against DOJ allegations of price-fixing hammered his former lieutenant before a California federal jury Monday, asking the government's cooperating witness whether he was overly motivated by money and whether he used his father to pass information between competitors.

  6. November 13, 2019

    Ex-StarKist Exec Admits Lying To FBI About Tuna Price-Fixing

    A former StarKist executive testified in a former Bumble Bee CEO's criminal price-fixing trial in California federal court on Wednesday that he initially lied to the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice about anti-competitive agreements he made with Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea executives to raise canned tuna prices.

  7. November 12, 2019

    Ex-StarKist Exec Admits Price-Fix In Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Trial

    A former StarKist executive testified Tuesday in the criminal price-fixing trial of former Bumble Bee CEO Christopher Lischewski, highlighting for a California federal jury the tuna industry leadership's close relationships and how he worked with executives at Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea to fix prices.

  8. November 05, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Attorney Rips Into Tearful Key Witness

    Defense counsel representing Bumble Bee Foods' former CEO Christopher Lischewski hammered one of his former lieutenants before a California federal jury Tuesday, asking the tearful witness whether he took a guilty plea and then lied about Lischewski's involvement in tuna industry price-fixing to avoid jail.

  9. November 04, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Ordered Price-Fix, Tearful Witness Says

    The criminal price-fixing trial of Bumble Bee's onetime CEO Christopher Lischewski kicked off in a San Francisco federal courthouse Monday with tearful testimony from a former top sales executive, who told jurors that Lischewski gave him a "direct order" to conspire with competitors to fix tuna prices.

  10. October 31, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Says His Wealth Could Prejudice Jurors

    A former Bumble Bee CEO has urged a California federal court to reconsider its decision to allow federal prosecutors to use certain evidence showing how wealthy he is, arguing that it would prejudice jurors at his upcoming November trial and "likely create an unnecessary sideshow."

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