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2 months ago | 
cohenmilstein.com | Benjamin Brown |Alison Deich |Brent Johnson |Daniel Silverman
A Maryland federal judge gave her blessing to several settlements totaling approximately $180 million in a suit accusing a slew of poultry companies of conspiring to keep wages low at their plants, greenlighting what the workers called “a historic recovery.”U.S. District Judge Stephanie A.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
cohenmilstein.com | Benjamin Brown |Manuel Domínguez |Michael B Eisenkraft |Brent Johnson
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Antitrust & Global Competition Lawyers has named eight of Cohen Milstein’s partners to its inaugural list of elite antitrust and competition lawyers worldwide. Benjamin D. BrownManuel J. DominguezMichael B. EisenkraftBrent W. JohnsonEmmy L. LevensDaniel McCuaigSharon K. RobertsonDaniel H. SilvermanThis inaugural Lawdragon 500 guide was created by editors combining through nominations and journalistic research.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
cohenmilstein.com | Christopher Bateman |Robert A. Braun |Benjamin Brown |Brent Johnson
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.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
cohenmilstein.com | Benjamin Brown |Manuel Domínguez |Daniel Gifford |Brent Johnson
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 company maintains an unlawful monopoly in U.S. debit card network services markets.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
cohenmilstein.com | Brent Johnson
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 total settlements to more than $200 million since the lawsuit was filed in 2022.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
cohenmilstein.com | Benjamin Brown |S. Douglas Bunch |Manuel Domínguez |Brent Johnson
Lawdragon has selected seven of Cohen Milstein’s attorneys for inclusion in its 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading LawyersBenjamin D. Brown – Antitrust Litigation S. Douglas Bunch – Securities Litigation Manuel J. Dominguez – Antitrust LitigationBrent W. Johnson – Antitrust LitigationEmmy L. Levens – Public Client, Antitrust Litigation Sharon K. Robertson – Class Actions, Antitrust, Pharmaceutical LitigationDaniel H.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
cohenmilstein.com | Benjamin Brown |Manuel Domínguez |Brent Johnson |Richard A. Koffman
Published annually in collaboration with Global Competition Review, Who’s Who Legal: Competition 2024 USA has ranked six of our Antitrust attorneys as “Recommended.”Recommended individuals are considered leaders in their field. Fewer than 50% of individuals considered are selected for inclusion. Benjamin D. BrownManual J. DominguezBrent W. JohnsonRichard A. KoffmanKit A. PiersonJ. Douglas RichardsDaniel A. Small Read Who’s Who Legal: Competition 2024 USA Recommends Six Cohen Milstein Attorneys.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
operationdisclosureofficial.com | Terra Zetzz |Brent Johnson
Advertisement______________________________________________________Source: Operation Disclosure Official | By Brent Johnson, Contributing WriterSubmitted on August 11, 2024Litigiaphobia: The Fear of Being SuedFear has become one of the most prolific mechanisms used to influence people to take a particular action, or refrain from taking a particular action.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
cohenmilstein.com | Robert W. Cobbs |Alison Deich |Zachary R. Glubiak |Brent Johnson
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 Virginia was wrong to toss the case after finding the claims fell outside the four-year statute of limitations for alleged antitrust violations.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
cohenmilstein.com | Brent Johnson |Sharon Robertson
Legal 500 ranks Brent W. Johnson and Sharon K. Robertson as Leading Lawyers in Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiff – Nationwide – for 2024. Brent W. Johnson, co-chair of our Antitrust practice, leads the firm’s efforts in addressing anticompetitive wage suppression conspiracies. Sharon K. Robertson, an antitrust partner, leads the firm’s efforts in addressing anticompetitive behavior in the pharmaceutical industry.
