Wage-Fixing

Constellation Energy Corp., Duke Energy Corp., Dominion Energy Inc. and other U.S. nuclear power operators have secured an early victory in a proposed antitrust class action after a federal judge ruled that...

General Dynamics has asked a federal court in Virginia to require plaintiffs' attorneys to cover part of the company's legal expenses after antitrust claims accusing the defense contractor of suppressing...

A federal district court in Nevada has imposed a 40-month prison sentence on Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez of Las Vegas, along with significant financial penalties, according to a statement from the...

A federal jury has found a Las Vegas businessman guilty for his role in orchestrating a years-long scheme to suppress wages for home healthcare nurses, as well as for hiding...

Koch Foods Inc. has reportedly reached an agreement in principle to settle wage-fixing allegations at its poultry processing plants, according to Bloomberg. The company is one of the major players in...

Until very recently, the European Commission (“EC”) has not been so active in labor-related antitrust issues. This is likely to change given the EC published in May 2024 a policy...

In a recent ruling, a federal judge has rejected the request to compel the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to disclose individual assistant coaches' pay data across the United States....

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the subject of an antitrust legal action which contends that they, along with member schools, participated in a collusive arrangement to avoid compensating volunteer coaches, reported Bloomberg. The NCAA’s bylaw restricts Division 1 schools to a limited number of paid coaches. Still, it allows the hiring of other designated “volunteer […]

A class-action federal lawsuit accuses 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork producers of conspiring to depress wages and benefits for its workers. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Denver on Friday, alleges that the producers have worked together since at least 2014 to keep workers’ compensation lower than the market would […]