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Antitrust and competition counsel covering private litigation, DOJ and FTC investigations, merger review, and compliance, so you can compete hard while staying on the right side of the law.

Antitrust and competition law sets the rules for how aggressively you can compete, and the penalties for crossing the line are steep. We represent companies in antitrust litigation, government investigations, and merger clearance, and we build compliance programs that let your team push for market share without stumbling into price-fixing, monopolization, or other exposure.

Private Antitrust Litigation

We prosecute and defend private antitrust claims, including price-fixing, market allocation, monopolization, and unlawful tying arrangements. These cases turn on market definition, economic effects, and dense factual records, so we work closely with economists and pin the analysis to your industry rather than to abstractions, whether you are seeking treble damages or fighting to dismiss them.

DOJ And FTC Investigations

A civil investigative demand or grand jury subpoena puts your company under a microscope. We represent businesses in Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission investigations, managing document production, scoping search terms, preparing witnesses for interviews, and negotiating with staff to narrow the inquiry and steer it toward a resolution you can accept.

Merger Clearance Review

Deals that draw regulatory scrutiny can stall or collapse without careful antitrust planning. We advise on the competition side of mergers and acquisitions, from Hart-Scott-Rodino filings to second request responses, assessing overlap and substantiation early so you understand the clearance risk before you sign and can plan the timeline and divestiture options accordingly.

Antitrust Compliance Programs

The cheapest antitrust problem is the one you avoid. We build practical compliance programs tailored to how your people actually operate, including training for sales and pricing teams, clear rules for trade association meetings and competitor contact, and escalation paths so risky conduct gets flagged before it becomes an investigation or a lawsuit.

Frequently asked questions

Price-fixing, dividing up markets or customers, monopolization, certain tying arrangements, and other unreasonable restraints on competition. Some conduct, like price-fixing among competitors, is illegal per se, while other conduct is judged under the rule of reason, which weighs its actual competitive effects.

Hardcore violations like price-fixing can bring criminal prosecution, including prison time and substantial fines. Private plaintiffs can recover treble, or three times, their actual damages, and courts can order injunctive relief to stop the conduct.

When it crosses the size thresholds set under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, which trigger a pre-merger notification to the antitrust agencies. Those thresholds are adjusted every year, so we confirm the current numbers before you assume a deal does or doesn't qualify.

It's a demand from the FTC or DOJ for extensive documents and testimony when they want a closer look at a merger. Responding is a major undertaking that can add months to the timeline and significantly raise the cost of getting the deal cleared.

Having monopoly power isn't enough on its own. Monopolization is using that power to harm competition through improper conduct. These cases turn heavily on how the relevant market is defined and on the actual effects on competition.

Put a compliance program in place, train the people who deal with competitors and customers, and review conduct that affects competition before it happens. The single most important rule: never discuss prices, bids, or market division with competitors.

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