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Nearly 50 professionals dedicated to antitrust law

Representation before competition authorities in the United States, the European Union and its member states, China, and Japan

Experience in senior positions with antitrust enforcement agencies:

  • Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
  • Director of Office of Policy and Evaluation of the Federal Trade Commission
  • Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission
  • Assistant Chief in the Communications and Finance Section of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice

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Chambers USA 2008 - Recommended in Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania for Antitrust

PLCCross-border Competition Handbook 2007/2008 – Recommended in U.S.; Recognized in Washington, D.C.

PLCCross-border Life Sciences Handbook 2007/2008 – Highly Recommended in U.S. for Life Sciences Competition/Antitrust

The Legal 500: Europe 2007 – Recommended for EU, Competition, and Distribution in France

Décideurs’ M&A Guide and Directory 2007 – Recommended for Merger Control: EU and French Antitrust Law

Global Competition Review – Recognized in the 8th edition of GCR 100

Competition Law 360 – Named among top ten antitrust firms in U.S. and ranking fifth in terms of growth

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06/27/07 Bell Atlantic v. Twombly Aftermath, presented at a Strafford Publications Teleconference

Presentation | Speech
Scott Stempel

06/20/07 Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing: Supreme Court Grants Securities Industry Broad Immunity in Antitrust Lawsuits

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

The United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing that securities laws create broad immunity from antitrust lawsuits, ruling that antitrust laws do not apply to the syndicat... more

Quarterly Developments in National Competition Laws: Germany, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb

Outside Publications | Article
Jürgen Beninca, Christian Zschocke

05/22/07 Bell Atlantic v. Twombly: Supreme Court Tightens Pleading Standards in Antitrust Conspiracy Cases

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

The United States Supreme Court yesterday overturned the 50-year-old pleading standard from Conley v. Gibson and held—7 to 2—that antitrust conspiracy allegations must be “plausible” to survive a motion to dism... more

05/21/07 The Role of the Corporation in America: How Are the Rules of Corporate Governance and Antitrust Law Evolving?, presented at The Hudson Institute Center for Economic Policies Panel Discussion, Washington, D.C.

Presentation | Speech
John Shenefield

04/16/07 Is the Assumption Valid that Cartels are Fragile and Temporary—Particularly Because of the Difficulty of Controlling Cheating?, presented at Georgetown University Law Center's Conservative Economic Influence on U.S. Antitrust Policy Conference, Washington, D.C.

Presentation | Speech
John Shenefield

2007 Overview: Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, The 2007 Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies

Outside Publications | Chapter
Izzet Sinan

Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Global Competition Review - The 2007 Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies (published in March 2007). For further information please visit www.globalcompetitionreview.com.

01/30/07 German Merger Control Rules May Change: More Transactions Could Be Exempt from Filing

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

Fewer transactions will require notification in Germany if a recent lower court decision holds up. The court that reviews Federal Cartel Office (FCO) decisions, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, recently br... more

01/18/07 FTC Raises Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will raise the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. The new thresholds are expected to be effective on or about February 22, 2... more

December 2006 The Legacy of Stolt-Nielsen: A New Approach to The Corporate Leniency Program? The Antitrust Source (American Bar Association)

Outside Publications | Article
John Everett, Jr.

11/16/06 Patent Holders Facing Fewer Risks: Implications of Dagher, Illinois Tool, Philips, and Schering-Plough, presented at the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Fall Forum, Washington, D.C.

Presentation | Speech
Willard Tom

11/15/06 Antitrust—An Important Year in Review, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE Program, Philadelphia

Presentation | Speech
Mark Edwards

10/23/06 Special Issues in International Mergers and Acquisition, presented at a Morgan Lewis Seminar, Philadelphia

Presentation | Speech
Izzet Sinan

07/27/06 Antitrust Update: A Roundtable Discussion of Recent Supreme Court Decisions, presented at The National Law Journal Roundtable, San Francisco

Presentation | Speech
George Cumming

07/12/06 FTC Unwinds Non-HSR Reportable Deal

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

Both the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice continue to scrutinize competitively aggressive transactions too small to be subject to the premerger notification requirements of the... more

07/06/06 New EU Fining Guidelines

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

The European Commission (the Commission) has further strengthened the deterrent factor in fines for violations of European Community antitrust rules by issuing new guidelines (the Guidelines), designed to increase the level ... more

04/25/06 Understanding Market Power and Its Effect on Antitrust Analysis of Company Actions, presented at American Conference Institute's In-House Counsel Forum on Pharmaceutical Antitrust, New York

Presentation | Speech
Scott Stempel

04/17/06 Parties Violate HSR Act and Pay $1.8 Million “Gun-Jumping” Fine

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

In another of a series of enforcement actions over pre-closing activities by parties to a merger, the Department of Justice (DOJ) last Thursday charged two companies with violating the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) by givi... more

April 2006 Responding to SEC Subpoenas: Cooperation Through Credible Assurances of Complete Production (co-author), Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 73, p. 107

Outside Publications | Article
Tonya Oliver

03/23/06 Foreign Company Pleads Guilty to Felony in Connection with an Antitrust Merger Case

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

In an extraordinary move, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) brought a criminal prosecution against CMET, Inc. (CMET) for obstruction of justice relating to the settlement of a merger case. The mer... more

02/17/06 FTC Announces Merger Review Reforms: Reforms Designed to Ease Burden of “Second Requests”

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

Clients contemplating mergers that have potential antitrust issues should be aware of some significant reforms to the merger review process announced yesterday by the FTC. The reforms, which take effect for FTC investigations resulting from Hart-Scott-Rodino filings submitted starting today, are intended to reduce the burgeoning time and cost associated with complying with so-called “Second Requests,” the often burdensome government demand for documents and information in the investigation of transactions that raise antitrust issues. The merger review process authorized by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act permits the FTC or the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review the competitive effects of transactions over a certain size before the parties can close. DOJ has not yet issued a similar set of reforms but is widely expected to do so in the near future.

In part because of the explosion in the use of email and other electronic documents, the size of Second Request document pro

02/02/06 Tying, Exclusive Dealing, and Refusals to Deal, presented at the 45th Annual Advanced Antitrust Seminar: Distribution & Marketing, San Francisco

Presentation | Speech
Willard Tom

01/23/06 Volvo Decision Offers Some Comfort, But Few Bright Lines, Concerning Price Discrimination

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

On January 10, the Supreme Court issued its first secondary-line Robinson-Patman Act decision since Texaco v. Hasbrouck in 1990. Its decision in Volvo Trucks North America, Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc. pr... more

01/19/06 FTC Raises Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds Effective February 17, 2006

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

Effective on February 17, 2006, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will raise the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. The new rules include an increase in the size-of-transaction tes... more

2006 Antitrust Treatment of Pharmaceutical Patent Settlements: The Need for Context and Fidelity to First Principles, Federal Circuit Bar Journal, Vol. 15

Outside Publications | Article
Willard Tom

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