Kamilah Williams is a member of the Antitrust practice where she assists in discovery and evidentiary-related aspects of litigation and deposition preparation.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Kamilah was a staff attorney at a highly regarded global defense law firm, where she organized and analyzed, among other things, custodial documents regarding antitrust violations, second requests, state and federal investigations, fraud, and various class actions, as well as conducted deposition, trial, hearing, merger and settlement preparations.
While attending law school, Kamilah was a student attorney at Catholic University’s Columbus Community Legal Services, where she provided legal advice and counsel to disadvantaged individuals and families regarding domestic violence, adoption, special education issues, child support, disabilities and veteran claims.
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Catholic University of America-Columbus School of Law, J.D., 2001
- Salisbury State University, B.S., 1996
Current Cases
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.
In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation II
In Re: Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation II (D.D.C.): Cohen Milstein represents three of the world’s largest container shippers—Yang Ming, NYK, and “K” Line—in antitrust lawsuits against the four largest United States railroads. Plaintiffs allege that, beginning as early as July 1, 2003, Defendants conspired to price fix Plaintiffs’ intermodal contracts in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, including by agreeing to impose similar or identical rail freight fuel surcharges (“FSCs”) in their multi-year contracts.
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 total $398 million. Litigation against Agri Stats continues.
Mohawk Gaming Enterprises v. Scientific Games
Mohawk Gaming Enterprises v. Scientific Games, et al. (AAA/NY State Court): Cohen Milstein represents casinos that purchased/leased an automatic shuffler from Scientific Games, Bally Technologies, and Bally Gaming in a novel, certified class arbitration, alleging that the Respondents control virtually 100% of the relevant card shuffler market and maintain monopoly power through deceptive tactics such as fraudulently procuring patents and then assert those patents in sham lawsuits against competitors, thereby suppressing competition and deterring entry of new competitors, thereby allowing Respondents to set inflated prices.
Stock Loan Antitrust Litigation
Iowa Public Employees Retirement System, et al. v. Bank of America Corp., et al. (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein is co-counsel in this groundbreaking putative class action, in which investors accuse Wall Street banks of engaging in a group boycott and conspiring to thwart the modernization of and preserve their dominance over the $1.7 trillion stock loan market. On September 4, 2024, the court granted final approval of a historic $580 million cash settlement and significant injunctive relief against defendants Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, UBS, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, and EquiLend. Litigation against Bank of America continues.
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. […]
In the News | Law360
July 1, 2022
Stock-Loan Case Against Goldman, Other Banks Takes Step Toward Class Certification
Pension funds allege “group boycott” of startup platforms in stock loan market Manhattan federal judge in 2018 declined to dismiss case Credit Suisse in February first to settle, for $81 million A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday recommended the certification of a class of investors who have alleged Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & […]
In the News | Reuters
February 11, 2022
Credit Suisse to Pay $81M to Exit Stock Loan Antitrust Suit
Credit Suisse has agreed to pay investors $81 million to be the first bank to exit a putative New York federal court class action accusing banks of colluding to kill competition in the stock loan market, the investors said in a bid for preliminary approval of the so-called icebreaker deal Friday. As a part of […]
In the News | Law360
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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