Zachary R. Glubiak

Aug 23, 2024 | cohenmilstein.com | Robert A. Braun |Benjamin Brown |Alison Deich |Zachary R. Glubiak

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.

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.

Jul 25, 2024 | cohenmilstein.com | Robert W. Cobbs |Alison Deich |Zachary R. Glubiak |Brent Johnson

A pair of former naval engineers have urged the Fourth Circuit to revive their proposed class action accusing military shipbuilding contractors and related firms of using secret “no-poach” agreements, saying their suit was wrongly ruled untimely amid a cover-up of the alleged scheme.

Jun 21, 2024 | cohenmilstein.com | Robert A. Braun |Benjamin Brown |Alison Deich |Zachary R. Glubiak

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 in late May, the class of workers said in a motion filed Monday that American Foods has also agreed “to significant non-monetary cooperation terms” providing...