Antitrust Litigation

Antitrust litigation is a specialty area for our firm. At Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. (SHB), our successful antitrust litigation record includes both civil and criminal antitrust cases, as well as handling administrative proceedings before the Federal Trade Commission and defending preliminary and permanent injunction cases brought by the federal antitrust enforcement agencies. Along with our involvement and successful outcomes with state attorneys general and with private parties seeking to prevent consummation of mergers, we regularly consult with clients seeking counseling on antitrust matters.

We are well-versed in economic and econometric issues that arise in the antitrust context, as well as in many other markets. Our extensive experience in all types of antitrust litigation enables us to be a leader among law firms around the world. In the civil arena, we have handled numerous complex class action antitrust lawsuits involving allegations of price fixing, market allocation and monopolization. We have litigated cigarette suits, monopolization cases, patent antitrust disputes and merger cases, as well as being extremely successful in our antitrust litigation efforts on the criminal side.

The group focuses on the development of corporate compliance statements, educational programs and antitrust audits designed to minimize the risk of antitrust violations. As a preventive measure, we offer our clients Antitrust Counseling where we advise them on all facets of antitrust laws, including pricing and distribution issues, mergers and joint ventures, pre-merger notifications, patent licensing, standard setting, trade association activities, consent decree compliance and antitrust exemptions.

James Eiszner, a SHB antitrust attorney, has designed antitrust compliance programs for our firm, and participates frequently on antitrust and compliance presentations. We participate in the education of investment houses to advise traders on the likely outcomes of antitrust merger challenges and white collar crime investigations, along with advising several investment houses on antitrust issues facing public companies that have the potential to affect share value.

If you are facing an issue that may result in antitrust litigation, contact us. With 14 attorneys dedicated to antitrust issues, consider SHB as your antitrust litigation expert.