Zachary Krowitz is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, where he represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation, with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Zac served as a law clerk for the Honorable Pamela A. Harris of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Before his clerkship, he was an associate with a global law firm, where he focused on complex commercial litigation and criminal defense.
In law school, Zac served as symposium co-chair and senior editor for the Stanford Law Review and was a participant in Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, during which he helped drafted merits briefs and cert petitions for the United States Supreme Court. He was also a member of Stanford’s Housing Pro Bono Project, provided pro bono assistance on the direct appeal of a criminal conviction in Colorado state court, and co-authored “Confronting Efforts at Election Manipulation from Foreign Media Organizations” in Securing American Elections: Prescriptions for Enhancing the Integrity and Independence of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections and Beyond, Stanford Cyber Policy Center Freeman Spolgi Institute (June 2019).
Before law school, Zac was a staff assistant for U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal.
- Brief of Community Development Financial Institutions and Credit Unions as Amici Curiae In Support of Petitioners, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Ass’n of America, Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court)
- California
- District of Columbia
- Stanford Law School, J.D., 2019
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2015
Law Clerk, the Hon. Pamela A. Harris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2020 – 2021)
Current Cases
Brown v. JBS USA Food Company, et al.
Brown v. JBS USA Food Company, et al. (D. Colo.): 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, Hormell 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. If granted approval by the court, preliminarily approved settlements will total $138.5 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. On December 20, 2021, the Court granted final approval of settlements with six of the defendants for a total of $181 million. Litigation against the remaining defendants continues.
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. As of July 20, 2021, the Court has preliminarily approved $195.25 million in settlements with four defendants. Litigation continues against other defendants.
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.
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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November 1, 2023
Zachary Krowitz Invited to Speak at AAI’s Young Lawyers Breakfast
Zachary Krowitz, an associate in our Antitrust practice, has been invited to speak at the American Antitrust Institute’s (AAI) Young Lawyers Breakfast at the 17th AAI Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 8:15 a.m. Zac’s Young Lawyers Breakfast panel will address questions junior lawyers have about the practice of antitrust […]
Events
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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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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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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