Government

• Lead trial counsel in high-profile monopolization litigation challenging Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. (FTC v. Meta Platforms (f/k/a Facebook))
• Lead trial counsel in litigation blocking the combination of the two largest coal mines in the United States. (FTC v. Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Coal, Inc.)
• Lead trial counsel in administrative litigation involving alleged misuses of intellectual property rights. (FTC v. 1-800 Contacts)
• Trial counsel in litigation blocking the $24 billion merger of grocery retailers. (FTC v. Kroger & Albertsons)
• Trial counsel in high-profile monopolization litigation challenging a semiconductor manufacturer’s licensing practices. (FTC v. Qualcomm)
• Trial counsel in litigation blocking a merger between competing hospital systems. (FTC v. Advocate Health Care Network, et. al.)
• Lead counsel in litigation alleging failure to comply with the HSR Act, resulting in settlement and payment of a civil penalty. (United States v. Canon and Toshiba)
• Litigated multiple matters resolved through successful pre-trial settlements, including a pharmaceutical merger (FTC v. Amgen Inc., et. al.), a challenge to monopolization in the e-prescription and routing markets (FTC v. Surescripts), and horizontal restraints purportedly involving the state action doctrine. (In re: Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board)
• Trial counsel in litigation challenging a chemical industry merger. (FTC v. RAG-Stiftung, et. al.)
• Counsel in litigation involving state action exemption to HSR Act, resolved on summary judgment. (FTC v. Louisiana Children's Medical Ctr., et. al.)

Private Practice

• Represented the defendant in federal court litigation alleging patent pooling agreement violated antitrust laws.  
• Represented the defendant in government investigation and ensuing litigation alleging pharmaceutical manufacturer’s intellectual property settlements violated the antitrust laws.  
• Represented the defendant in federal court litigation alleging a semiconductor manufacturer’s distribution practices violated antitrust laws.
• Represented the plaintiff in litigation alleging that a dominant insurance provider’s most-favored-nation contracts with hospitals unlawfully maintained monopoly power.
• Represented the plaintiff in litigation alleging price-fixing of carbon fiber products. 
• Represented the respondent in a criminal investigation into alleged price-fixing of computer components, successfully persuaded the Department of Justice not to prosecute.
• Represented the leniency applicant in a criminal investigation of collusion involving financial products.    
• Represented health care providers in a criminal investigation into alleged price-fixing.  
• Represented a semiconductor manufacturer in a foreign antitrust agency’s investigation involving distribution practices.
• Represented a defendant in a class action alleging price-fixing in the automotive filters industry.
• Represented a defendant in a class action alleging information sharing depressed wages.  
• Represented a defendant in a class action alleging a market allocation agreement.  
• Represented both acquiring and acquired parties in multiple Second Requests and successfully negotiated remedies to avoid litigation, including on behalf of the acquiring party in a grocery store chain combination, the acquired party in a generic pharmaceuticals acquisition, and the acquiring party in an acquisition of telecommunications assets. 
• Lead trial counsel representing the defendant in litigation alleging breach of contract for employment services; prevailed at trial with no damages awarded.
• Lead trial counsel in pro bono matter seeking to achieve a contested adoption; prevailed at trial following a five-day evidentiary hearing.