Brian C. Rocca

Antitrust Matters

• Uber Technologies Pricing Cases — pricing practices
• Philadelphia Taxi Association Inc. et al v. Uber Technologies Inc. — attempted monopolization
• Diva Limousine v. Uber Technologies Inc. et. al — unfair competition law (UCL)
• Desoto Cab Company, Inc. v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et. al — attempted monopolization
• Wolf & Son Transportation, Inc. v. Becerra et. al – UCL and Cartwright Act
• “No-poach” investigation in highly skilled labor market
• NewCal Industries et al. v. IKON Office Solutions et al. — fraud-based antitrust claims
• Feitelson et al. v. Google, Inc. – monopolization and exclusive dealing
• AMD v. Intel — monopolization and pricing practices
• In re Intel Corporation Microprocessor Antitrust Litigation — putative nationwide class actions
• State of New York v. Intel — federal and state law antitrust claims
• Clear Connection Corp. v. Comcast Cable Communications Management — restraint of trade
• Precision Associates v. Panalpina et al. — putative direct purchaser class action under Sherman Act
• SanDisk v. AudioMPEG et al. — legality of patent pool
• Broadcom v. QUALCOMM — standard setting organizations
• Genicon v. Ethicon et al. — bundled rebates
• Tickets.com v. Ticketmaster — exclusive dealing
• Alcatel USA, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. — licensing and refusal to deal issues
• Criminal price-fixing investigation in international commercial services industry
• Criminal price-fixing investigation in electronic memory industry
• Abuse of market dominance investigation in mobile industry

Complex Commercial Litigation Matters

• Central Delta Water Agency et al. v. Delta Wetlands Properties et al. — breach of contract and CEQA
• In re The Lurie Company — shareholder derivative and contract
• TSI USA LLC v. Uber Technologies Inc. — breach of contract
• City and County of San Francisco v. State of Nevada — putative class action alleging misappropriation of public services
• Mission Beverage Co. v. Pabst Brewing Co. — breach of contract, 15 Cal. App. 5th 686, 712 (2017) (certified for publication)
• Retail Digital Network v. Prieto, 861 F.3d 839 (9th Cir. 2017) — en banc opinion applying First Amendment commercial speech principles to B&P Code Section 25503
• Orion Wine Imports, LLC et al v. Appelsmith — Dormant Commerce Clause challenge to state law
• MillerCoors LLC, v. Chesbay Distrib. Co. – dispute regarding applicability of state franchise laws to sale of beer distributorship
• Maita Distributors Inc. v. DBI Beverage, Inc. — interpreting California Brand Transfer law, B&P Code Section 25000.2, 667 F. Supp. 2d 1140 (N.D. Cal. 2009); see also Mussetter Distributing, Inc. v. DBI Beverage, Inc., 685 F. Supp. 2d. 1028 (N.D. Cal. 2010)
• American Structural Composites, Inc. v. Int’l Conference of Bldg. Officials — granting motion for summary judgment in breach of contract and fraud case, 325 F. Supp. 2d 1148 (D. Nev. 2004); aff’d, 2007 WL 495189 (9th Cir. Feb. 14, 2007) (unpublished)
• AccuImage Diagnostics Corp. v. TeraRecon, Inc. — granting motion to dismiss in trade secrets case, 260 F. Supp. 2d 941 (N.D. Cal. 2003)
• CGI v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. — multimillion-dollar breach of contract arbitration
• Klotzer et al. v. International Aluminum Corp. — multimillion-dollar construction defect class action