USA v. Lischewski

  1. October 18, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Trial To Omit Tuna Industry Guilty Pleas

    A California federal judge on Friday said jurors at the upcoming trial of a former Bumble Bee CEO won't be allowed to hear about the corporate guilty pleas entered by Bumble Bee, StarKist and Chicken of the Sea stemming from the federal government's investigation into price-fixing in the canned tuna industry.

  2. October 10, 2019

    DOJ Pans Ex-Bumble Bee CEO's Bid To Nix Witness' New Info

    Federal prosecutors rebuked a former Bumble Bee Foods CEO's bid to exclude an alleged co-conspirator's statements from an upcoming criminal price-fixing trial, telling a California federal judge that a witness remembering more information is an "everyday occurrence" that the ex-executive has turned into "another baseless attack on the government."

  3. October 01, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Wins Bid To Ax Fishing Method Evidence

    A California federal judge overseeing the upcoming criminal price-fixing trial of Bumble Bee Foods' former CEO said Tuesday he won't allow prosecutors to introduce evidence of tuna industry players' dispute with Greenpeace over sustainable fishing methods, saying it would likely be an unnecessary sideshow.

  4. September 04, 2019

    Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Wants Fishing Method Evidence Axed

    Bumble Bee Foods' former CEO on Wednesday urged the California federal judge overseeing his upcoming criminal price-fixing trial to bar evidence suggesting that he discouraged the use of a sustainable fishing method to limit competition, arguing that he resisted the technique because he thought it was "bogus".

  5. August 27, 2019

    Indicted Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Wary Of SF Hippies In Jury Pool

    A California federal judge overseeing the upcoming criminal price-fixing trial of Bumble Bee Foods' former CEO fielded potential questions for the jury pool on Tuesday, allowing the onetime tuna titan to ask prospective San Francisco jurors about their support for Greenpeace, anti-corporate leanings, and feelings about commercial fishing.

  6. May 16, 2018

    Bumble Bee CEO Indicted Over Tuna Price-Fixing Scheme

    A California federal grand jury indicted the president and CEO of Bumble Bee Foods LLC on Wednesday for his alleged embroilment in a scheme to fix the price of packaged seafood, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

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