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“No-poach” class actions: Fourth Circuit reinstates naval engineers’ Sherman Act claims against shipbuilders

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Takeaway: We have written about “no-poach” class actions, in which employers allegedly conspire not to recruit or hire each other’s employees with the intent of driving down wages. See Eleventh Circuit reinstates no-hire...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fourth Circuit Decides “Non-Ink-to-Paper” Agreement Among Defense Contractors May Toll Statute of Limitations for Antitrust Claims

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On May 9, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit published a significant decision in Scharpf v. General Dynamics Corp., reviving a dormant class action lawsuit against a group of the country’s largest naval...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

2017 Statute of Limitations Roundup: Courts Disagree About Applicability of “Continuing Violation” Doctrine in Antitrust Actions

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2017 saw three notable decisions concerning the applicability of the “continuing violation” doctrine in antitrust cases. We discuss below three cases that have taken different approaches in their treatment of this...more

Hogan Lovells

Federal Judge Declares the Rule of Reason Will Apply in Criminal Antitrust Case and Dismisses the Case as Barred Under the Statute...

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On August 28, a Utah federal judge held in United States v. Kemp & Associates, et al. that he will apply the rule of reason standard in a criminal prosecution against an heir-locator company for allegedly colluding with its...more

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Microsoft Defeats Wage Suppression Class Action On Statute Of Limitations Grounds

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Two former employees sued Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) in a class action, alleging that it unlawfully suppressed their wages by entering into multiple employee non-solicitation agreements with its competitors. The case...more

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