Per Wiki
On October 18, 2018, StarKist agreed to plead guilty to a felony price fixing charge as part of a broad collusion investigation of the canned tuna industry by the United States Department of Justice.[10] On September 11, 2019, StarKist was fined $100 million, the maximum statutory fine.
In September 2019, the plaintiffs who had signed up for the class-action lawsuit that was “settled” in August 2015 were finally paid their share of the settlement. Plaintiffs who signed up for the $50 in tuna certificates received a coupon good for $5.03 provided they buy at least three Starkist products totaling more than that amount. Plaintiffs who signed up for the $25 cash received a PayPal payment of $2.38 representing their share of the settlement after the law firm’s costs had been deducted.
“Plaintiffs who signed up for the $25 cash received a PayPal payment of $2.38 representing their share of the settlement after the law firm’s costs had been deducted.”
That’s why I always ignore those notices in the mail. What is a stamp now? Probably takes it down to $1.65 and I have to walk in the rain to the mail box.
Class action lawsuits only ever pay the law firms involved. The public gets phony coupons.
Same with the Live Nation suit and the Big Music CD price fixing scam.