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Antitrust Class Actions

Antitrust Class Actions

Antitrust Class Actions

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Overview

Our Antitrust Class Action Team defends industry leaders in antitrust class action litigation across the full spectrum of competition issues. We have litigated and tried as lead counsel numerous matters on behalf of a variety of Fortune 500 clients, including leading companies in the agricultural, technology, floor covering, health care, semiconductor, medical device, pharmaceutical, communications, defense and insurance industries.

These include allegations of price discrimination and arrangements among members of the same industry (including price-fixing, bid-rigging, group boycotts and information-sharing), monopolization and attempted monopolization (including predatory pricing, refusals to deal and product bundling), and resale restrictions (including pricing and customer and territorial restraints).

Team members have held senior positions with and have experience before federal antitrust enforcement agencies. We regularly provide antitrust advice to various national clients regarding state, federal and international antitrust and competition laws.

 

Meet The Team

Charles E. Tompkins
+1 202 508 6055
Patrick Watson
+1 404 572 6846

Related Capabilities

  • Business & Commercial Disputes

  • Mass Torts & Product Liability

Experience

  • Represent large agricultural company in putative class actions in pending MDL against claims of group boycott.
  • Represented pharmaceutical company across multiple jurisdictions in defense of anticompetitive pricing practices.
  • Defended a large carpet manufacturer in federal and state class actions regarding alleged agreements to fix prices of polypropylene and nylon carpet.
  • Represented municipal bond underwriter and broker, in multiple class actions presently consolidated in MDL proceedings alleging bid-rigging in the municipal derivatives markets.
  • Obtained dismissal at pleading stage of 52 class actions filed against Saia, Inc. across the nation (many in California) after MDL consolidation in Georgia.
  • Defended multiple class and individual actions regarding an alleged international price-fixing cartel, and successfully opposed plaintiffs’ effort to consolidate cases within existing MDL proceedings.
  • Successfully defended Fender Musical Instruments Corporation against 40 antitrust price-fixing matters in MDL in Southern District of California; affirmed in precedential Ninth Circuit Opinion.
  • Obtained dismissal of MDL alleging price-fixing against country's largest self-move truck rental organization; affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit in precedential opinion.
  • Represented Blue Cross in a class action brought by physicians alleging price-fixing and other claims.
  • Obtained dismissal of $100M + claims against private water company in two consolidated class actions alleging consumer fraud and antitrust violations arising from purported conspiracy relating to delivery of water and sewer services in a new development north of Phoenix.
  • Represented telecommunications and software company involving alleged aftermarkets for service, software patches and upgrades, including as lead trial counsel in seven-month jury trial resulting in favorable verdict on six of eight antitrust claims, followed by precedential appellate reversal on remaining claims.
  • Represented luxury automobile manufacturer in defense of class action alleging price-fixing by the manufacturer with its dealers.
  • Obtained summary judgment in multiline insurer’s favor in antitrust conspiracy case involving automotive replacement glass.

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