Effective antitrust representation, whether it is defensive or offensive in nature, goes beyond responding to investigations by the antitrust enforcement agencies.

Winning strategies often require actions before Congress and any number of Executive Branch agencies - from proposed legislation to agency rulemakings, hearings, congressional investigations, confirmations of Executive Branch nominees and licensing decisions.

Partners and associates with extensive trial, administrative, appellate and class action experience make up our antitrust litigation team. Our litigation teams work well with world-renowned economists and econometricians, including a Nobel Laureate, a former chief economist for the Department of Justice, leading academic economists and statisticians and teams of experts from top U.S. economic consulting firms.

Together, we have successfully:

• Defended the world's largest carpet manufacturer in private treble damage class actions under federal law and state indirect purchaser class actions
• Defended merging parties in injunction proceedings by the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
• Obtained impressive damage recoveries on behalf of Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi in antitrust litigation against dairy processors and distributors supplying milk to school districts in those states
• Defended a major Atlanta hospital in a lawsuit filed by a competitor, alleging anti-competitive managed care contracting practices
• Defended a regional cable television company in a four-week antitrust trial
• Represented a railroad plaintiff in a Sherman Act §§ 1 and 2 case against competitors, resulting in a favorable settlement
• Defended a group of banks and savings associations in a class action challenging loan fee practices
• Represented various franchisers in cases with terminated franchisees
• Successfully obtained numerous orders excluding expert testimony through complex Daubert challenges in antitrust and other litigation
• Utilized cutting-edge technology to manage millions of documents and streamline discovery
• Created, managed, analyzed and manipulated large transactional databases in antitrust cases using technology and expertise otherwise available only from economic consulting firms