# Florida Court Dismisses Fluor Antitrust Suit

A federal court in Florida dismissed subcontractor Atkinson Consulting LLC’s antitrust lawsuit alleging that Fluor Federal Services Inc. enforced wage-fixing and no-poach agreements. The court found that John Herzog had not rebutted Fluor’s argument that he lacked evidence of an actual agreement or conspiracy, while finding that he had sufficiently alleged restraints among competitors in the labor market. The decision concerns the evidence in this case and does not establish that contractor labor-market practices are generally exempt from antitrust scrutiny.

- Government contractors and subcontractors should account for antitrust risk when setting labor terms or coordinating hiring practices, particularly where competitors share workers or labor markets.
- The dismissal turned on the absence of evidence of an actual agreement or conspiracy; companies involved in similar disputes should preserve records that document how compensation and recruiting decisions are made.
- Procurement teams assessing contractor or subcontractor risk can treat the case as a reminder to review labor-market practices, without assuming the ruling creates a broad safe harbor.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Published:** October 01, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

### Vendors
- Fluor Federal Services Inc. (Defendant in the labor-antitrust lawsuit)
- Atkinson Consulting LLC (Subcontractor and plaintiff)
- Fluor Corp. (Parent company of Fluor Federal Services Inc.)