IN RE: RAILWAY INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE NO-POACH ANTITRUST LITIGATION

  1. May 05, 2020

    2 Firms Seek $17M Fee Award For Railroad No-Poach Deals

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Fine Kaplan and Black RPC asked a Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday for $17.1 million from a $48.9 million fund established in an antitrust settlement over alleged arrangements between railroad suppliers Wabtec Corp. and Knorr-Bremse AG not to poach each others' employees.

  2. March 19, 2020

    Wabtec, Knorr Get Initial Nod On $49M In No-Poach Deals

    A Pennsylvania federal judge gave her preliminary approval to a pair of settlements worth a total of $49 million a class of workers made with Wabtec Corp. and Knorr-Bremse AG over alleged no-poach agreements, and named Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Fine Kaplan & Black RPC co-lead counsel in the case.

  3. March 18, 2020

    Wabtec, Knorr Close To Court Nod On $49M No-Poach Deals

    A Pittsburgh federal judge had only a few questions Wednesday before indicating she was ready to grant preliminary approval to $49 million in settlements Knorr-Bremse AG and Wabtec Corp. have agreed to pay workers over claims the railroad equipment companies kept wages low by agreeing not to compete for each other's employees.

  4. February 25, 2020

    Wabtec, Knorr Want OK On $49M Deals To End No-Poach Suit

    Railroad employees want a Pennsylvania federal court to give a preliminary green light to nearly $49 million in settlements with Knorr-Bremse AG and Wabtec Corp. to end claims that the railroad equipment suppliers were part of a conspiracy to not hire each other's employees.

  5. August 14, 2019

    Knorr Settles With Workers In Railroad No-Poach Suit

    Knorr-Bremse AG reached a yet-undisclosed settlement in a proposed class action over allegations it had improper agreements with other railroad equipment suppliers not to poach each other's employees, according to a notice filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.

  6. June 20, 2019

    Class Claims Cut From Railroad Suppliers No-Poach Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday dismissed class claims from a suit accusing three major railroad equipment suppliers of reaching no-poach agreements, ruling that the ex-employees hadn't established that the alleged agreements suppressed salaries for every worker at the companies.

  7. February 25, 2019

    Wabtec Tells Pa. Judge No-Poach Suit Is Too Broad

    Railroad equipment suppliers Wabtec and Knorr-Bremse told a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday that a proposed class action representing all their workers over the companies' long-standing agreements not to poach one another's employees is too broad.

  8. February 13, 2019

    Rail Suppliers Tell Court To Ignore Feds In No-Poach Suit

    Two rail equipment suppliers facing multidistrict litigation over deals not to poach each other's workers disputed U.S. Department of Justice assertions that the deals were illegal on their face and urged a Pennsylvania federal judge instead to consider whether their pro-competitive benefits outweigh their potential harm.

  9. January 29, 2019

    DOJ Gives Fast-Food Chains Ammo Against No-Poach Suits

    The U.S. Department of Justice appears poised to undermine a key argument for workers accusing fast-food chains of anti-competitive no-poach agreements that inhibit individual franchises from hiring each others' employees.

  10. January 14, 2019

    Rail Gear Workers Say No Market Needed For No-Poach Suits

    Former Knorr-Bremse AG and Wabtec Corp. employees blasted the rail equipment suppliers Friday in Pennsylvania federal court for trying to duck consolidated cases in multidistrict litigation over deals not to poach each other's workers, arguing no market need be identified to challenge agreements that were illegal on their face.