Antitrust and Unfair Competition
The Adams and Reese Antitrust and Unfair Competition Team has successfully represented business clients in complex antitrust matters throughout the United States, and we have compiled a remarkable record of outstanding and innovative success by resolving antitrust claims through summary disposition, at trial and on appeal. Our team of attorneys counsel on merger, joint venture and distribution issues and work with businesses to understand their operations and help forestall any actions that could violate the law.
Our clients
We have defended clients in matters dealing with monopolistic practices, attempts to monopolize, conspiracies in restraint of trade, and anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions, franchise agreements, state action immunity and non-competition agreements. Our clients participate in a broad range of industries including:
- Financial services
- Health care
- Manufacturing
- Public entities
- Shipping
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Trade associations
Representative experience
Our accomplishments cover the spectrum of antitrust and competition work, from merger review to complex litigation. We have considerable experience developing and presenting expert testimony on difficult economic, accounting, and technology issues that can be critical to a successful outcome.
- Advised major health care provider and its hospitals on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and competitive marketing analysis.
- Advised major health insurance provider on competitive market analysis and negotiating with other providers.
- Advised world-leading agricultural business on product distribution, competitive market analysis and fair competition.
- Defended hospital district against doctors claim of wrongful termination of hospital privileges, boycott and unfair competition.
- Defended multi-national, health care manufacturer in litigation regarding monochloroacetic acid price fixing conspiracy among competitors.
- Defended psychoanalytic institute from claims by psychiatrist of monopolization, boycott and unfair competition.
- Defended a state board of certified public accountants against claims of monopolization, unfair competition and boycott.
- Defended multiple public city organizations against plaintiffs claims of monopolization, misuse of an essential facility, tying and unfair competition.
- Provided antitrust counseling and advice to major soda distributor relating to product distribution, competitive market analysis and advice relating to fair competition.
- Provided antitrust counseling and advice to major marine and construction manufacturer regarding mergers and acquisitions in the shipbuilding and ship repair market sectors.
- Represented plaintiff in a multidistrict, class action catfish antitrust litigation case seeking recovery for industrys wrongful price fixing scheme.
Contact Attorney:
Jim Rogers, Partner; Team Leader
Tel. 504.585.0296
james.rogers@arlaw.com
