Walmart Ends Consumer Suit Over Fish Sustainability Marketing

A Walmart Inc. consumer agreed to end a proposed class action claiming that the retail giant markets frozen fish products as being sustainable, despite working with fisheries whose practices harm marine life and ocean ecosystems.

Plaintiff Marissa Sanchez agreed to the dismissal of the case without prejudice and with leave to reinstate it on or before Nov. 15, according to a stipulation submitted Tuesday to Judge Manish S. Shah with the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. If a motion to reinstate isn’t filed on or before that date, “dismissal shall automatically convert to one with prejudice,” ...