July 8, 2025
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday sent a revived class action alleging that shipbuilding military contractors used no-poach agreements to suppress wages back to district court, rejecting the contractors’ motion for a stay while they prepare to send a certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Last month, the contractors — among them General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls Industries and CACI — asked the circuit court for a 90-day stay before it issued its mandate back to the Virginia federal court that initially dismissed the case last year. They argued that the cost of sprawling discovery in a case with allegations stretching back over 25 years could “threaten the profitability if not viability” of some of the companies.
But the circuit panel declined to pause the mandate Tuesday.
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The plaintiffs are represented by Brent W. Johnson, Steven J. Toll, Robert W. Cobbs, Alison S. Deich, Zachary R. Glubiak and Sabrina S. Merold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Shana E. Scarlett, Rio S. Pierce, Steve W. Berman, Kevin K. Green and Elaine T. Byszewski of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, George F. Farah, Nicholas Jackson and Simon Wiener of Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC, Candice J. Enders and Julia R. McGrath of Berger Montague and Brian D. Clark, Stephen J. Teti and Arielle S. Wagner of Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP.
Read 4th Circ. Won’t Pause Ex-Naval Engineers’ No-Poach Ruling.