Services:
- Antitrust counseling, civil litigation, criminal investigations, and defense of prosecutions
- Section 1 of the Sherman Act
- Price-fixing
- Horizontal and vertical restraints
- Boycotts
- Refusals to deal
- Section 2 of the Sherman Act
- Monopolization
- Attempted monopolization
- Robinson-Patman Act violations
- Intellectual property/antitrust matters
- State antitrust and consumer fraud act “tag on” claims
- Merger analysis
- Hart-Scott-Rodino counseling and filings
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Over the past decade, technology and globalization have destroyed numerous barriers to entry in many industries. The heightened competition that has resulted requires new and innovative business responses that comply with a complex body of federal, state, and foreign antitrust laws and regulations. Lowenstein Sandler’s Antitrust & Trade Regulation practice has in-depth experience in the various facets of antitrust practice—counseling; civil litigation; criminal investigations and defense of prosecutions; and Hart-Scott-Rodino counseling and filings—to help companies meet these business challenges.
Effective antitrust representation begins with a thorough understanding of the statutory and jurisprudential antitrust framework and how this body of law and its underlying economic theories apply to and affect particular markets for products and services. Lowenstein Sandler’s Antitrust & Trade Regulation practice comprises practitioners who are keenly familiar with all facets of this antitrust framework and its application. We immerse ourselves in our clients’ businesses and industries, to better understand their goals, operations, market positions, and competition, and to better tailor their business strategies and conduct to comply with antitrust laws. When litigation cannot be avoided, Lowenstein Sandler’s seasoned litigators and trial lawyers efficiently handle the full range of antitrust lawsuits, from private treble-damage actions to class actions to government civil actions to criminal proceedings—with a track record of excellent results for our clients.
Our Antitrust & Trade Regulation practice also advises on the competitive and antitrust impact of proposed corporate transactions. We help clients, particularly those engaged in acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures, to prepare and file Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust notifications with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, and we counsel on the application of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Notifications Act and compliance with its provisions. We take pride in having expansive knowledge and extensive experience in handling the numerous antitrust challenges facing businesses in a highly competitive, changing landscape.
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