March 19, 2026
Affiliates of Huntington Ingalls, Marinette Marine and Serco have reached settlements resolving the claims against them in a case accusing some of the country’s biggest shipbuilders of conspiring to suppress naval architect and engineer wages.
The naval architects and engineers filed notices for the settlements Wednesday in the Eastern District of Virginia, but did not disclose any terms of the deals. The workers accuse the shipbuilding companies and engineering consultants of having an “unwritten gentlemen’s agreement” to not recruit engineering employees from one another.
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Plaintiffs are represented by Steven J. Toll, Brent W. Johnson, Robert W. Cobbs, Alison S. Deich, Zachary R. Glubiak, Sabrina S. Merold and Callan C. Bruzzone of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Shana E. Scarlett, Rio S. Pierce and Steve W. Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, George F. Farah and Nicholas Jackson of Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC, Candice J. Enders and Julia R. McGrath of Berger Montague PC, and Brian D. Clark, Arielle S. Wagner and Stephen J. Teti of Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP.