Dairy America
Practice Area: AntitrustCarlin v. Dairy America, Inc. (E.D. Cal.)
On May 29, 2009, the Court appointed Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC sole interim class counsel in Carlin v. Dairy America, Inc. (E.D. Cal.), a case in which Cohen Milstein represents a proposed class of dairy farmers who allege that defendants negligently and incorrectly reported nonfat dry milk prices to the National Agricultural Statistics service, resulting in artificially depressed raw milk prices that unfairly deprived American dairy farmers of millions of dollars. In appointing the firm interim class counsel, Magistrate Judge Dennis Beck of the Eastern District of California noted Cohen Milstein’s experience in complex litigation, and pointed to the firm’s pre-trial “investigation into the alleged misconduct and identification of the legal theory of the case.”
In addition, the court appointed Berman DeValerio and Keller Rohrback to an interim executive committee, with Berman DeValerio also serving as interim liaison counsel.