Susan Scharpf v. General Dynamics Corporation

  1. March 18, 2026

    Shipbuilders Cut Deals To End No-Poach Claims

    Affiliates of Huntington Ingalls, Marinette Marine and Serco have reached settlements resolving the claims against them in a case accusing some of the country's biggest shipbuilders of conspiring to suppress naval architect and engineer wages.

  2. March 13, 2026

    Shipbuilders Oppose New Plaintiff For Wage Suppression Suit

    Some of the country's biggest shipbuilders accused of conspiring to suppress naval architect and engineer wages told a Virginia federal judge a proposed class waited too long to add a new named plaintiff who worked in the industry more recently.

  3. December 12, 2025

    Shipbuilders, Naval Engineer Spar Over Witness Statements

    Shipbuilders and design consultants accused of illegally conspiring to suppress industry wages are clashing with a former naval engineer over what various witnesses told her in support of her proposed class action against the companies.

  4. December 01, 2025

    Shipbuilders Can't Escape Revived No-Poach Claims

    A Virginia federal court has refused to toss a proposed class action accusing some of the country's biggest warship makers and naval engineering consultants of participating in an illegal conspiracy to suppress wages after the Fourth Circuit revived the case earlier this year.

  5. November 24, 2025

    Naval Architect Says 4th Circ. Got No-Poach Ruling Right

    A former naval engineer accusing shipbuilders of conspiring to suppress industry wages has told the U.S. Supreme Court that their petition for review of a Fourth Circuit decision reviving her proposed class action rests on a rule the panel never adopted.

  6. September 17, 2025

    Shipbuilders Ask Justices To Weigh 4th Circ. No-Poach Ruling

    Shipbuilders and designers accused of conspiring to suppress industry wages urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit decision that revived a proposed class action against them, saying the allegedly untimely antitrust claims threaten ruinous damages.

  7. September 16, 2025

    Maritime Recruiter Settles Naval Engineers' No-Poach Claims

    A maritime jobs recruitment company has settled claims it participated in an illegal no-poach conspiracy to suppress wages among some of the country's biggest warship makers and naval engineering consultants, court records show.

  8. August 26, 2025

    Shipbuilders Push To Escape Revived No-Poach Claims

    A Fourth Circuit decision that revived a proposed class action accusing some of the country's biggest warship makers and naval engineering consultants of participating in an illegal no-poach conspiracy to suppress wages leaves a Virginia federal judge free to dismiss the case, according to the companies.

  9. July 24, 2025

    Naval Engineers In No-Poach Suit Hint At New Named Plaintiff

    A proposed class of naval engineers suing the nation's major military shipbuilders and contractors over an alleged no-poach wage-fixing scheme may have a new named plaintiff to bring to the case.

  10. July 08, 2025

    4th Circ. Won't Pause Ex-Naval Engineers' No-Poach Ruling

    The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday sent a revived class action alleging that shipbuilding military contractors used no-poach agreements to suppress wages back to district court, rejecting the contractors' motion for a stay while they prepare to send a certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.