Antitrust Civil Litigation Defense| BakerHostetler

Our seasoned antitrust trial attorneys have litigated and won antitrust jury trials and related appeals nationwide, providing clients with the advantage of counsel “who have been there before” in all stages of litigation, including:

Identifying, evaluating and developing potential antitrust claims or counterclaims
Offering practical, cost-effective guidance on navigating the intersection of digital business, emerging technologies and the law
Working with economic and class action professionals to address complex economic issues
Winning and defeating case-defining class certification motions
Efficiently and thoughtfully preparing cases for trial and presenting them to juries when necessary
Advocating for clients before appellate courts

Represent one of the largest defendants in litigation concerning RealPage’s revenue management software in nationwide class actions and State Attorneys General actions alleging a Sherman Act Section 1 conspiracy in the use of analytic software in the purported residential real estate market.
Represent a national broadcaster in one of the largest antitrust MDLs in the country where plaintiffs allege a conspiracy to inflate local TV ad prices.
Obtained a motion to dismiss with no subsequent appeal in representing a top-ranked private research university in a putative antitrust class action brought by students with noncustodial parents against 40 of the nation’s top private universities and the College Board, alleging that the defendants conspired to artificially lower the amount of financial aid offered to them.
Represent a nationwide mortgage lender in a case involving mortgage pricing analytics software sold by Optimal Blue, where allegations involve claims that mortgage pricing analytics and data tools enabled unlawful information sharing.
Represent a leading multispecialty nonprofit academic medical center in an antitrust class action litigation alleging a conspiracy to limit employment and compensation opportunities for pharmacy residents.
Obtained a dismissal for a student housing company in an antitrust MDL alleging algorithmic price fixing related to revenue management and benchmarking software.
Won a Third Circuit reversal of a district court preliminary injunction in an antitrust action brought by a college football player seeking an additional year of eligibility.
Represented an energy company in the California gasoline price-fixing MDL, securing summary judgment in a precedent-setting decision rejecting allegations of coordinated refinery shutdowns and supply restrictions, and defeating claims seeking more than $15 billion in treble damages.
Represented a global shipping company in ongoing Roll-On Roll-Off Car Carrier Service class actions around the world.
Represented a distributor of dental supplies and equipment in an eight-week trial against the FTC on charges that the client conspired with its two primary competitors to boycott so-called “buying groups” and invited another competitor to collude; won judgment on six of seven claims and resolved remaining count post-trial with no monetary penalty or independent monitor.
Represented a distributor of dental supplies and equipment in the three-week trial of a competitor action alleging group boycott and information exchange claims.
Represented a national rail tour operator in a competitor action alleging exclusive dealing, price-fixing and bid/auction rigging; won motion to dismiss.
Represented an aerospace engineering firm against Sherman Act Section 1 claims brought by a putative class of aerospace workers alleging anticompetitive conduct in the labor market.
Represented a protein processor in an antitrust action alleging an illegal horizontal boycott, monopolization and attempted monopolization.
Represented a class of dairy farmers in the northeastern U.S. against defendants in an action alleging violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act by unlawfully conspiring to eliminate competition for the marketing, sale and purchase of raw milk in the Northeast.
Represented a manufacturing client in a private antitrust case challenging parts acquisition and distribution practices. The client prevailed on directed verdict motion on the antitrust claims and obtained a jury verdict on the state law claims after presentation of the case to a jury in a five-week trial.
Represented steel company plaintiffs alleging unlawful conspiracy to monopolize against various railroads. The matter resulted in a plaintiff’s verdict, which was upheld on appeal.