Brent W. Johnson is a partner at Cohen Milstein and co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust practice. He also leads the practice’s new case investigations.
Brent has served as lead and co-lead counsel in cases that have compensated class members hundreds of millions of dollars for claims under Sherman Act Sections 1 and 2 and state antitrust laws. He also has initiated and developed cases that have helped break new ground in antitrust law, including those on behalf of workers challenging restraints in labor markets.
Brent leads the Co-Lead Counsel teams in the following notable antitrust class actions:
- In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.): Brent leads the Co-Lead Counsel team for Cohen Milstein, representing a class of end-user consumers of broiler chicken in a litigation alleging that the defendants, who include Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods, agreed to restrict the supply of broilers, among other things, thereby raising their price to consumers. As of July 25, 2023, settlements against defendants total $183.9 million. In its December 20, 2021 order granting final approval of settlements with six defendants for a total of $181 million, the Court described co-lead counsel’s work as “exemplary.”
- Jien v. Perdue Farms, Inc. (D. Md.): Brent leads the Co-Lead Counsel team for Cohen Milstein, representing a proposed class of poultry plant workers, in a suit alleging that the nation’s largest chicken and turkey producers conspired to suppress their compensation. Settlements that are public total $339 million thus far. Litigation against Defendant Agri Stats continues.
- Brown v. JBS USA Food Company (D. Co.): Brent leads the Co-Lead Counsel team for Cohen Milstein, representing a proposed class of beef and pork plant workers, in a suit alleging that the nation’s largest beef and pork producers conspired to suppress their compensation. Plaintiffs so far have reached settlements totaling more than $200 million. The case is in discovery with the remaining defendants.
- Scharpf v. General Dyamics Corp. (E.D. Va.): Brent leads the Co-Lead Counsel team for Cohen Milstein, representing a proposed class of naval architects and marine engineers, in a suit alleging that the nation’s largest private contractors and consulting firms who design and build ships for the Navy and Coast Guard conspired to not actively recruit class members and thereby suppress their compensation.
Brent’s work has been repeatedly recognized. He was recognized by The Legal 500 in 2024 as a “Leading Lawyer,” an honor bestowed upon thirteen lawyers who lead antitrust civil litigation and class actions. Since 2019, Lawdragon has named him to its list of “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers,” and in 2025, it named him to its list of “500 Leading Litigators in America.” Since 2021, Global Competition Review (GCR) has named him to its “Who’s Who Legal: Competition” list for Plaintiffs. He also was named by Super Lawyers a Super Lawyer for Antitrust Litigation in 2020 and 2021.
Brent is a commentator on antitrust and class action issues. In 2016, he provided testimony concerning Rule 23 to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on behalf of the Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws. Along with his law partner Emmy Levens, he has published two articles in the ABA’s Antitrust magazine – one on ascertainability in the Spring 2016 issue and another on circuit splits affecting antitrust class actions in the Fall 2019 issue. He is a member of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, and in July of 2019, he gave an ABA presentation on the legal standard to apply in cases regarding no-poach agreements.
- Member, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law
- Brent’s pro bono work includes representation of Covenant House Washington, D.C., Habitat for Humanity International Inc., and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Brent practiced at a premier global law firm, where he focused on antitrust litigation for plaintiffs and defendants. Some of his matters included:
- Feesers, Inc. v. Michael Foods, Inc. and Sodexho, Inc. (M.D. Pa.): Mr. Johnson was a member of the successful trial team that represented Michael Foods, a manufacturer of processed egg products and refrigerated potato products, in a three-week trial of a Robinson-Patman Act action brought by a broad-line distributor of food products.
- Dahl, et al. v. Bain Capital, et al. (D. Mass.): Mr. Johnson represented The Carlyle Group in a class action where plaintiffs alleged collusion among certain private equity firms and investment banks in specific going-private transactions in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
- In re Aftermarket Filters Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.): Mr. Johnson represented Champion Laboratories, a manufacturer of aftermarket automotive filters, in a class action where plaintiffs alleged a conspiracy among manufacturers to fix prices in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
- National Laser Technology, Inc. v. Biolase Technology, Inc. (S.D. Ind.): Mr. Johnson represented Biolase, the country’s largest manufacturer of lasers for dental applications, against Sherman Act claims brought by a competitor aftermarket dental laser support company. The matter resulted in a favorable settlement for the client.
- District of Columbia
- New Jersey
- New York
- Stanford Law School, J.D., 2003
- Duke University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2000
Current Cases
All Wrapped Up Signs and Graphix LLC v. Visa Inc.
All Wrapped Up Signs and Graphix LLC v. Visa Inc. (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein filed a putative class action on behalf of plaintiff All Wrapped Up Signs and Graphix LLC alleging that Visa Inc. violated the Sherman Act and various state antitrust laws by (1) monopolizing and attempting to monopolize, and (2) reaching agreements not to compete in and in restraint of trade of, the market for debit transactions in the United States.
Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al.
Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al. (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein serves as Co-Lead Counsel in this putative wage and hour suppression class action against the nation’s largest chicken and turkey producers conspired to suppress their compensation. Settlements that are public total $339 million thus far. Litigation against Defendant Agri Stats continues.
Brown v. JBS USA Food Company, et al.
Brown v. JBS USA Food Company, et al. (D. Col.): Cohen Milstein serves as Interim Co-Lead Counsel in this wage suppression antitrust class action against eleven of country’s largest beef and pork producers and several of their subsidiaries, including JBS USA Food, Tyson Foods, Cargill, Hormel Foods, American Foods, Perdue Farms, Smithfield Foods, and National Beef Packing. On March 8, 2024, Plaintiffs filed motions for preliminary approval of a total $127.2 million in settlements against Tyson Foods and JBS USA Food. Pending final approval, settlements thus far total $200 million.
In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation
In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.): Cohen Milstein represents a class of broiler chicken consumers in a suit alleging that the nation’s largest chicken producers, including Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods, conspired to raise the price of chicken. As of July 25, 2023, settlements against defendants total $183.9 million.
In re Interest Rate Swaps Antitrust Litigation
In re Interest Rate Swaps Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein serves as Co-Lead Counsel and represents the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and other proposed buy-side investor class members in this ground breaking putative antitrust class action against numerous Wall Street investment banks. Plaintiffs allege that the defendants conspired to prevent class members from trading IRS on modern electronic trading platforms and from trading with each other, all to protect the banks’ trading profits from inflated bid/ask spreads. On July 11, 2024, in two separate orders, the court granted preliminary approval of $71 million in total cash settlements against Credit Suisse, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, and all remaining defendants.
Scharpf, et al. v. General Dynamics Corp., et al.
Scharpf, et al. v. General Dynamics Corp., et al. (E.D. Va.): Cohen Milstein represents naval architects and marine engineers in a putative antitrust wage suppression class action against the nation’s largest military shipbuilders and naval engineering consultancy firms. Plaintiffs allege that starting in at least 2000, Defendants engaged in a “no poach” conspiracy by adhering to an informal “gentlemen’s agreement” among themselves not to recruit each other’s naval engineers.
Yuen, et al. v. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Yuen, et al. v. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein is Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel in this putative antitrust class action which alleges that IDEXX engaged in an anticompetitive scheme, causing pet owners to pay artificially inflated prices for inhouse point-of-care (“POC”) analyzers, consumables, and single-use rapid test kits used by veterinarians to diagnose and treat family pets.
Past Cases
In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation
In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Pa.): Cohen Milstein initiated the investigation, filed the first complaint and then served as co-lead counsel in an antitrust litigation alleging that the seven major U.S. manufacturers of drywall conspired to raise prices. In 2015 we took the lead for the direct purchaser plaintiffs in arguing against the defendants’ summary judgment motions (which were denied by the Court for four of the five defendants). The Court granted final approval to settlements totaling $190 million.
The Shane Group, Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
The Shane Group, Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (E.D. Mich.): Cohen Milstein served as Co-Lead Counsel, representing a class of purchasers of hospital services against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for agreeing to MFN provisions in its contracts with hospitals throughout Michigan that required those hospitals to charge other insurers as much or considerably more for services provided to class members. The Court approved a settlement with BCBSM for nearly $30 million.
VFX/Animation Workers: In re: Animation Workers Antitrust Litigation
VFX/Animation Workers: In re Animation Workers Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein initiated the investigation, filed the first complaint and the served as co-lead counsel for a class of animation and visual effects workers in a lawsuit alleging that the defendants, who include Pixar, Lucasfilm Ltd. and DreamWorks Animation, secretly agreed not to solicit class members and to coordinate on compensation. The Court approved settlements with all of the defendants for a total of $168.5 million.
Investigations
Small Business Gas Purchase Investigation
We believe that small businesses in the U.S. may have paid inflated prices for gasoline bought at retail gas stations since 2021 as a result of potentially unlawful activity by certain producers of shale oil. If you are the owner of a small business that bought gasoline at retail gas stations in any of the […]
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (2025)
- Benchmark Litigation, Future Star (2018, 2025)
- Global Competition Review, Who’s Who Legal: Competition (2021-2024)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers (2019-2024)
- Legal 500 Leading Lawyer (2024)
- Legal 500 Next Generation Lawyer (2017-2023)
- Super Lawyers Antitrust Litigation (2020-2021)
- Super Lawyers Rising Star Antitrust Litigation (2016-2018)
October 31, 2024
Prison Phone Co. GTL Gets OK On $17M Price-Fix Deal
Prison phone company Global*Tel Link Corp will pay $17 million to escape claims that it colluded with two other companies to inflate the cost of calls made from inside U.S. prisons after a Maryland federal judge gave the deal her preliminary seal of approval Wednesday afternoon. U.S. Circuit Judge Lydia K. Griggsby conducted the entire […]
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October 31, 2024
‘Absurd Costs’? Visa Faces Antitrust Class-Action Surge Following DOJ Complaint
At least four antitrust class actions allege Visa forced merchants and consumers to pay artificially inflated prices for debit card transactions, mirroring the allegations of a U.S. Department of Justice complaint. Plaintiffs’ attorneys have filed multiple antitrust class actions against Visa Inc. following the Sept. 24 U.S. Department of Justice complaint alleging the global payments […]
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September 10, 2024
Cargill, Hormel Latest to Settle US Workers’ Wage-Fixing Lawsuit
Meat industry giants Cargill, National Beef Packing and Hormel Foods have agreed to pay a combined $57.4 million to exit a proposed class action accusing them of suppressing workers’ pay at processing plants. Lawyers for the workers asked, opens new tab a U.S. judge in Colorado to preliminarily approve the three deals, which would push […]
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August 22, 2024
Hormel, Meat Plants To Settle Wage-Fixing Claims For $13.5M
Hormel Foods Corp. and two meat processing plants have agreed to a $13.5 million settlement in a Colorado wage-fixing suit, joining a host of companies that have reached deals to end claims that they colluded to depress wages. In a joint notice of settlement filed Wednesday in Colorado federal court, attorneys for plant workers said […]
In the News | Law360
July 31, 2024
Antitrust Group Backs Naval Engineers’ No-Poach Case
An advocacy group that supports robust enforcement of antitrust laws has urged the Fourth Circuit to revive a case from former naval engineers accusing military shipbuilders of using secret “no-poach” agreements to avoid competing for workers. The Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws filed an amicus brief on Tuesday arguing that a federal court in […]
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July 12, 2024
BofA, Goldman Get First OK For $46M Deal In Rate-Swap Suit
A New York federal judge has granted the first green light to a $46 million settlement in long-running multidistrict litigation over an alleged plot by several major U.S. and European banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG, to limit market competition over interest rate swaps. U.S. District Judge J. […]
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June 20, 2024
Meat Plant Workers Seek OK On Latest $4M Wage-Fix Deal
Red meat processing plant workers have sought preliminary approval for their latest settlement over wage-fixing claims, a $4 million deal that adds American Foods Group LLC to the list of companies to cut deals that also includes JBS, Tyson, Perdue, Seaboard, Triumph and consulting firm Webber Meng Sahl & Co. Under the deal first teased […]
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April 2, 2024
2 More Poultry Cos. Settle Wage-Fixing Suit
Poultry processing workers sought preliminary approval Monday for deals with Case Foods Inc. and Mountaire Farms totaling $22 million that would make the companies the 10th and 11th wage-fixing defendants to settle out of a broader Maryland federal court case where total payouts reach $217.25 million. Following settlements with the likes of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., […]
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March 11, 2024
Tyson, JBS to Pay $127 Million to Resolve Workers’ Wage-Fixing Lawsuit
Meat industry giants Tyson and JBS have agreed to pay a combined $127.2 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing them of suppressing workers’ pay at processing plants, marking the largest deals so far in the wage-fixing case in Colorado federal court. Lawyers for the workers on Friday asked a judge, opens new tab to preliminarily approve the […]
In the News | Reuters
February 28, 2024
$11M Meat Co. Deals Get Early OK In Colo. Wage Fixing Suit
A Colorado federal judge Tuesday gave initial approval to class settlements with two meat producers and a consulting company, requiring $11.25 million in payments to resolve claims that they participated in a nationwide scheme to fix and depress wages for meat plant workers. In an order, U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer advanced a deal […]
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February 6, 2024
JBS Settles Meat Plant Wage-Fixing Suit In Colo.
Meat processing giant JBS USA Food Co. and a presumed class of meat plant workers have settled claims of wage-fixing in a lawsuit originally filed against nearly a dozen meat producers, according to a joint notice filed Monday. The notice did not include the terms of the settlement, which it said would come in a […]
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October 10, 2023
Shipbuilders Accused Of No-Poach ‘Gentlemen’s Agreement’
A pair of former warship designers filed a proposed class action in Virginia federal court against two major shipbuilders for the U.S. military, General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls Industries, and other companies allegedly involved in a decades-long conspiracy to suppress their wages through a no-poach “gentlemen’s agreement.” Plaintiffs Susan Scharpf and Anthony D’Armiento are seeking […]
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August 9, 2023
Meat Plant Workers Ink $10M Agreement In Wage Cabal Suit
A proposed class of workers at a red meat processing plant have reached a $10 million settlement with Seaboard Foods LLC and a cooperation agreement with Triumph Foods LLC in their suit alleging the companies and others conspired to keep wages in the industry low. In a motion for preliminary approval filed Monday, the proposed […]
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May 26, 2023
4th Circ. Revives Prison Phone Price-Fixing RICO Claims
The families of prisoners will get another shot at seeking damages on their racketeering claim against three companies accused of conspiring to inflate the cost of calls made from U.S. prisons, after the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday that the claims alleged direct injury to thousands of families as well as the government. The unanimous published […]
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April 3, 2023
Perdue Plant Workers’ $60M Wage-Fixing Deal Gets Initial OK
A Maryland federal judge on Monday gave her preliminary blessing to Perdue Farms’ $60.7 million settlement with workers who claim the company conspired to keep wages low at its poultry processing plants, certifying a nationwide settlement class of past and present Perdue poultry workers. U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher granted preliminary approval to the […]
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February 7, 2023
Competition Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein – Law360
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC worked on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of settlements for drug buyers, chicken consumers and poultry plant workers in the past year, marking the firm as one of Law360’s 2022 Competition Groups of the Year. Cohen Milstein was one of the firms that successfully negotiated a $485 million […]
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December 8, 2022
Perdue Settles Plant Workers’ Wage-Fixing Claims
Perdue Farms has agreed to settle employee claims in two separate states where the company plotted to depress wages, according to notices filed by plant employees in both Maryland and Colorado federal courts. While neither party divulged any details about the potential deals, the proposed class of Perdue employees said in both notices on Wednesday […]
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November 15, 2022
Beef, Pork Producers Accused of Wage-Fixing Conspiracy
The largest U.S. producers of beef and pork illegally conspired to depress the wages of hundreds of thousands of meat plant workers since 2014, workers alleged in a proposed class action in Colorado federal court. In their complaint filed Friday, a trio of beef and pork processing plant workers said a group of red meat […]
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September 29, 2022
Poultry Workers’ $85M Wage-Fixing Deals Land Initial OK
A Maryland federal judge gave her preliminary stamp of approval to three settlements collectively valued at nearly $85 million over allegations that Cargill Meat Solutions, Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms conspired to depress workers’ wages. U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher found Tuesday that the deals between the meat producers and three classes of poultry […]
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September 13, 2022
Chicken Cos. To Pay Combined $85M in Wage Conspiracy Suit
Cargill Meat Solutions, Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms will pay a combined total of $84.8 million to settle allegations the poultry companies illegally conspired to keep their wages low, according to a proposed agreement filed in Maryland federal court. Specifically, Cargill will pay $15 million, Sanderson will pay $38.3 million and Wayne will pay $31.5 […]
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September 12, 2022
Poultry Workers’ $85M Antitrust Deal Ready for Judge’s Approval
A class of current and former poultry workers who alleged major U.S. chicken processors conspired to suppress wages has asked a Maryland federal court to approve $84.8 million in new settlements, pushing the total recovery so far in the litigation to more than $134 million. The plaintiffs’ attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher on […]
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July 27, 2022
Pet Owners Say IDEXX Illegally Cornered Test Kit Market
Pet owners across the country hit IDEXX Laboratories with a proposed class action Monday in California federal court, accusing the animal health diagnostic services company of abusing its monopoly power and throttling the competition, which purportedly led to artificially inflated prices of test kits. In a lengthy, 92-page complaint alleging violations of antitrust and numerous state consumer protection laws, […]
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May 27, 2022
Chicken Buyers Get Class Cert. in Sprawling Price-Fixing Suit
An Illinois federal judge on Friday certified classes of direct purchasers, indirect purchasers and end-user consumers in a sprawling antitrust lawsuit alleging more than a dozen major broiler chicken producers, including Sanderson Farms Inc. and Perdue Foods, conspired to limit chicken production to boost prices. In a 55-page order, U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin […]
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February 11, 2022
Credit Suisse Investors Ink $25M ‘Icebreaker’ Rate Swaps Deal
Institutional investors leading sprawling multidistrict litigation against nearly a dozen megabanks that allegedly colluded to control the interest rate swaps market told a New York federal judge Friday they’ve reached a $25 million “icebreaker” settlement with Credit Suisse. Along with the $25 million cash award, the proposed settlement calls for Credit Suisse Group AG to […]
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December 21, 2021
Tyson, Pilgrim’s, Others Get Nod for $181 Million Antitrust Deal
The consumers leading antitrust litigation over an alleged industrywide scheme to fix broiler chicken prices won final approval from a federal judge in Chicago for their $181 million class action settlement with Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Tyson Foods Inc., and other poultry processors. Judge Thomas M. Durkin signed off late Monday on six agreements resolving “indirect […]
In the News | Bloomberg Law
December 20, 2021
Chicken Price-Fixing Deals Totaling $181M Get Final OK
An Illinois federal judge Monday gave a final signoff to settlements totaling $181 million that six chicken producers have agreed to pay to resolve claims that they conspired to fix the price of broiler chicken. During a teleconference, U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin granted final approval to the deals end-user consumer plaintiffs have reached with […]
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October 1, 2021
Trimmed Prison Phone Price-Fixing Case Moves Forward
Three companies accused of colluding to inflate the cost of calls made from inside U.S. prisons will still face antitrust claims after a Maryland federal judge decided that the racketeering claims of prisoners’ families fell apart. U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby dismissed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — better known as RICO […]
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August 6, 2021
Pilgrim’s to Pay $76M to Settle Chicken Price-Fixing Claims
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has agreed to pay consumers $75.5 million to settle claims it conspired with competitors to fix the price of broiler chicken, the company’s latest deal in sweeping litigation filed in Illinois federal court over the alleged long-running scheme. In a filing Thursday, the end-user consumer plaintiffs also said they’d cut a $1 […]
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July 6, 2021
“Pilgrim’s $29 Million Deal Headed to Judge in Wage-Fixing Case,” Bloomberg Law
Suit alleges scheme to drive down pay for poultry workers Pilgrim’s will pay and cooperate, settlement motion says JBS SA subsidiary Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. will pay $29 million to resolve antitrust claims over its alleged role in an industrywide scheme to depress pay for the largely immigrant workforce employed at poultry processing plants, according to […]
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March 22, 2021
Ill. Judge Gives Early OK to $104M Deal With Chicken Cos.
An Illinois federal judge on Monday granted preliminary approval to a $104 million settlement with four poultry producers to resolve claims from a group of consumers who say the companies engaged in a long-term scheme to fix prices for broiler chickens. U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin said during a hearing Monday that the deal — […]
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March 11, 2021
Tyson, Pilgrim’s, Hormel to Face Poultry Worker Wage-Fixing Suit
Tyson Foods Inc., Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Hormel Foods Corp., and other top poultry processors must face antitrust claims over an alleged industrywide plot to drive down the wages of their largely immigrant workforce, a federal judge in Maryland ruled Thursday. Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher, who tentatively tossed the case last year, said this time around […]
In the News | Bloomberg Law
March 11, 2021
Poultry Giants Can’t Dodge Workers’ Wage-Fixing Suit
A Maryland federal judge declined to toss proposed class action claims from workers against three poultry companies accused of plotting to keep wages low and also rejected an effort to trim the suit to exclude jobs the plaintiffs didn’t do. U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher turned down three separate requests to dismiss Jennie-O Turkey […]
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March 2, 2021
Tyson Has $99 Million Deal With Consumers in Chicken Cartel Case
WHAT TO KNOW: Part of a larger $104 million deal, first reached by consumers. Comes days after tentative approval of wholesaler settlement. The consumers leading a proposed chicken price-fixing class action over an alleged industrywide scheme revealed a $99 million settlement with Tyson Foods Inc., part of a larger $104 million “icebreaker” deal they disclosed […]
In the News | Bloomberg Law
January 19, 2021
More Consumer Groups Settle With Tyson in Price-Fix MDL
Two consumer groups suing Tyson Foods in long-running multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the broiler chicken industry told an Illinois federal judge Tuesday they have reached settlements with the poultry giant. The motions for preliminary approval of a settlement from end-user consumers and more than 30 commercial and institutional indirect purchaser consumers comes after […]
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October 30, 2020
Cohen Milstein, Scott & Scott Both Want to Lead FICO Fight
Both of the firms vying for interim lead counsel spots in antitrust litigation against Fair Isaac Corp. agree that the matter ought to be split in two, but that didn’t stop aspersions from being cast as they sought to make their case before an Illinois federal court. Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and Scott […]
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June 30, 2020
Prison Phone Providers Accused of Price-Fixing Inmate Calls
Two companies that facilitate collect calls made from U.S. jails and prisons and a mobile marketing company were hit with a class action Monday in Maryland federal court for allegedly colluding to inflate the cost of inmate calls for a decade. Securus Technologies LLC, Global Tel*Link Corp. and 3Cinteractive Corp. were accused of working together […]
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June 29, 2020
Families of Prisoners Sue Nation’s Largest Providers of Inmate Calling Services for Fixing and Lying about Prices
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, families of prisoners filed a class action lawsuit against Global Tel*Link Corp. (“GTL”), Securus Technologies, LLC (“Securus”), and 3Cinteractive Corp. (“3CI”) for charging unlawfully inflated prices for collect calls made by incarcerated individuals in jails and prisons throughout the United States. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that those Defendants […]
In the News
February 1, 2017
Disney, Pixar Settle Animator Antitrust Row For $100M
The Walt Disney Co., Pixar and Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC have agreed to a $100 million deal that would settle allegations in a class action that they perpetuated a “no poach” agreement with other companies over the hiring of animators, according to a filing in a California federal court on Tuesday. Disney, Pixar and Lucasfilm, along […]
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October 17, 2016
Animation Workers Reach $50 Million Settlement with DreamWorks Animation
A settlement has been reached between a group of animation workers and DreamWorks Animation in a class action lawsuit alleging that DreamWorks and other companies violated antitrust laws by conspiring to set animation wages via non-poaching agreements. The settlement provides for a cash payment of $50 million to a settlement fund. The plaintiffs already had […]
In the News | Variety
February 26, 2016
Dow Will Pay $835 Million in Polyurethane Price Fixing Case
Dow Chemical agreed to pay $835 million to settle a decade-long lawsuit on price fixing, saying it had less chance of winning its petition at the Supreme Court after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The chemicals company was found liable by a federal jury in Kansas in February 2013 in the class-action lawsuit, which […]
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