Sabrina Merold is an associate in the Antitrust practice, where she represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation, with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Sabrina was a law clerk to the Honorable Mary M. Schroeder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before that, she was a Federal Policy & Advocacy Legal Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights, where she managed the Center’s FOIA lawsuit, filed by Cohen Milstein, against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Sabrina co-authored, Religious Liberty and Access to Reproductive Health Care, 47 A.B.A SEC. OF C.R. AND SOC. JUST., HUM. RTS. MAG.: INTERSECTION OF LGBTQ RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (July 5, 2022).
During law school, Sabrina was an executive editor for the Journal of Law and Social Change.
- District of Columbia
- University of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D.
- Swarthmore College, B.A. in Sociology & Anthropology and Psychology with High Honors
Current Cases
Brown v. JBS USA Food Company, et al.
Brown v. JBS USA Food Company, et al. (D. Col.): Cohen Milstein serves as Interim Co-Lead Counsel in this wage suppression antitrust class action against eleven of country’s largest beef and pork producers and several of their subsidiaries, including JBS USA Food, Tyson Foods, Cargill, Hormel Foods, American Foods, Perdue Farms, Smithfield Foods, and National Beef Packing. On March 8, 2024, Plaintiffs filed motions for preliminary approval of a total $127.2 million in settlements against Tyson Foods and JBS USA Food. Pending final approval, settlements thus far total $200 million.
Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al.
Jien, et al. v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al. (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein serves as Co-Lead Counsel in this putative wage and hour suppression class action against the nation’s largest chicken and turkey producers conspired to suppress their compensation. Settlements that are public total $339 million thus far. Litigation against Defendant Agri Stats continues.
Moehrl v. National Association of Realtors, et al.
Moehrl v. National Association of Realtors, et al. (N.D. Il.): Cohen Milstein is co-lead counsel in this certified class action, in which home sellers allege that National Association of Realtors (NAR) and many of the nation's largest real estate broker franchisors of conspiring to require home sellers to pay home buyer brokers fees – and at an inflated rate. Plaintiffs allege that the conspiracy revolves around NAR’s mandatory requirement that sellers make a buyer broker commission offer when listing their home on a multiple listing service. Since October 2023, Cohen Milstein and co-counsel have helped home sellers achieve more than $997.1 million in settlements thus far, of which, more than $876.5 million has been granted final approval by the courts, including a $418 million settlement with NAR and the $250 million settlement with HomeServices America, which was granted final approval on November 26, 2024.
Amicus Briefs
Moyle v. U.S.A. and Idaho v. U.S.A.
On March 28, 2024, the National Women’s Law Center filed an amicus brief, co-authored by Cohen Milstein, with the Supreme Court of the United States, addressing Moyle v. U.S.A. (No. 23-726) and Idaho v. U.S.A. (23-727) and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This brief is also submitted on behalf of In Our […]
July 31, 2024
Antitrust Group Backs Naval Engineers’ No-Poach Case
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 […]
In the News | Law360
April 26, 2024
Home Sellers Reach $250M Settlement with HomeServices of America
Home sellers have reached a $250 million settlement with HomeServices of America and certain of its subsidiaries, including Long & Foster Companies, Inc., BHH Affiliates, LLC, and HSF Affiliates, LLC, resolving antitrust class action claims against one of the nation’s largest residential real estate services companies.
Press Releases | Cohen Milstein
March 29, 2024
Experts in Law, Medicine, Business, Reproductive Rights, and Gender Justice Call on the Supreme Court to Protect the Right to Emergency Abortion Care
On March 29, 2024, the National Women’s Law Center issued the following press release: WASHINGTON D.C. – On Thursday, March 28, 2024, a broad coalition of major medical organizations, physicians, people who have been denied critical health- and life-saving emergency abortion care, former HHS officials, Members of Congress, states, cities, counties, prosecutors, public health experts, […]
In the News | National Women's Law Center
March 22, 2024
Litigators of the Week: Plaintiffs Reach a $418M Market-Shifting Settlement With Realtor Group
The National Association of Realtors agreed to changes that could trim the commissions paid to agents as part of the deal reached with co-lead counsel at Ketchmark and McCreight, Boulware Law, Williams Dirks Dameron, Hagens Berman, Cohen Milstein, and Susman Godfrey. Journalists refer to it as “above the fold.” The top half of the front […]
In the News | American Lawyer
March 15, 2024
Home Sellers Reach Landmark $418M Settlement with the National Association of Realtors
Joint settlement provides industry changing framework for NAR, MLS, and other real estate entities. WASHINGTON, DC– A nationwide class of home sellers has reached a landmark $418 million joint settlement with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) that will resolve claims in four antitrust class actions against NAR. Those class actions allege that NAR and […]
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