PULSE's current Section 2 antitrust litigation against Visa challenging its conduct in the debit network marketplace
Representing numerous companies such as Cisco, Intel, and Samsung in the context of litigation or counseling with respect to the intersection between antitrust and intellectual property, including disputes with respect to FRAND
Represented RIM in successfully obtaining a dismissal at the trial court and affirmance by the 2nd Circuit of a section 2 antitrust case brought by Howard Gutowitz
Represented Hershey in its successful defense against class action price fixing allegations, with the case resolved on summary judgment
Discover’s successful antitrust lawsuit against Visa and MasterCard, resulting in a settlement of $2.75 billion
Represented RJR successfully in multiple arbitrations seeking adjustments to payments owed under the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
Represented United Airlines in its antitrust dispute with airline financiers regarding coordination among the financiers
Infineon’s antitrust counterclaim against Rambus in which a favorable settlement was achieved on the eve of trial
Concord’s acquisition by First Data, challenged by the Department of Justice and settled on the eve of trial
Represented Netscape in its antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, resulting in a settlement where Microsoft agreed to pay $750 million plus other consideration
MSC Software’s defense of a FTC antitrust lawsuit regarding the acquisitions of UAI and CSA, resolved in a settlement on the eve of trial
Represented United Airlines in its formation of a code share arrangement with US Airways and its proposed $4 billion acquisition of US Airways
Represented Beech-Nut at the regulatory and trial stages of the FTC’s challenge to the Beech-Nut-Heinz baby food merger
Allied Signal’s antitrust litigation challenging the BFG-Coltec merger, resulting in obtaining a preliminary injunction and eventual settlement
Chicago Board of Trade’s regulatory litigation and successful appeal to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals challenging a SEC order that proposed blocking futures trading of Dow Jones indices
Represented Office Depot at the trial stage in its defense against the FTC’s challenge to the Staples-Office Depot merger
Bell Atlantic’s antitrust lawsuit against Lucent Technologies and AT&T, resulting in a significant settlement for Bell Atlantic
North American Van Lines’ acquisition of Allied Van Lines, creating the nation’s largest provider of long distance moving
Terra Industries’ sale of its large agricultural distribution business to Cenex/Land O’Lakes
Represented Motorola in its $11 billion acquisition of General Instrument, with overlaps in cable boxes and various broadband technologies
Hershey Foods’ acquisition of major candy brands from Leaf