A group of former Howrey lawyers, now employed by Baker & Hostetler, have reached a settlement worth up to $140 million with milk and dairy producer Dean Foods in an antitrust class action filed on behalf of 7,200 dairy farm plaintiffs from the southeastern United States.

Dallas-based Dean Foods announced late Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with plaintiffs, who filed their case in July 2007 in federal court in Greeneville, Tenn.