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Dec. 22, 2021
Judge’s stock ownership cited in appeal of class certification
Attorneys representing StarKist Co. and Dongwon Industries Co. Ltd., defendants in a major tuna price-fixing class action, are asking a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to vacate class certification in a case in which U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino granted class certification.
The fallout of U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino's ownership of stock in companies in which she made rulings is continuing to reverberate.
Two months after a federal judge vacated the San Diego based Sammartino's summary judgment ruling in favor of defendant MetLife Inc. in an insurance lawsuit due to her family member's ownership of company stock, an even bigger case m...
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