Cases
Experience: Represented Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System in negotiating potential transaction with Providence Healthcare.
Defended Legacy Health in Oregon against an anti-trust lawsuit filed by Trillium Health Plan relating to alleged failure to provide acute care facilities necessary for network adequacy - temporary restraining order
preliminary injunction were denied
the action was discontinued.
Represented Blue Shield of California in its acquisition of Brown
Tol
, the largest doctor group in the San Francisco Bay area.
Represented Blue Mountain Capital Management LLC in consideration of purchase
resale of multiple inpatient
outpatient facilities in Kentucky.
Represented Kaiser Foundation Health Plan with respect to a variety of anti-trust issues including potential cooperative ventures
affiliation agreements with medical practices.
Advice
counseling on a variety of vertical
horizontal anti-trust issues for Sansum Clinic, the largest doctor group on the California central coast.
Represented Humboldt Medical Center in anti-trust litigation commenced against Humboldt Doctor Group
primary hospital with which the group was affiliated which was dismissed after the filing of a motion to dismiss.
Represented Molina Healthcare in antitrust litigation by the Department of Justice challenging Aetna's proposed acquisition of Humana after Molina agreed to acquire more than $400 million of Medicare Advantage assets from both Aetna
Humana to fix any potential anticompetitive impact that would have resulted from the transaction.
Represented Sansum Medical Group in FTC investigation of proposed mergers with Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
DoJ Antitrust Division's investigation concerning Samsung's assertion of st
ard essential patents against Apple in response to Apple's claimed infringement of its design
utility patents
Represented Arcadian Insurance in the FTC investigation of its acquisition by Humana, Inc.,
negotiation of eventual consent decree
Represented Lending Tree in exclusive dealing litigation involving exclusive internet affiliation agreements
Represented Samsung in horizontal boycott litigation involving Rambus,
price fixing class action litigation
Represented Sansum Clinic, a Santa Barbara, California physician group of 185 independent physicians in a multi-specialty group, in an affiliation agreement with Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. After a four year investigation by the Federal Trade Commission
the California Attorney General, the parties decided to withdraw their application of the proposed affiliation agreement
Representing Herbalife in a variety of vertical distributorship issues
Represented Amgen in potential antitrust litigation against a competitor arising out of a prior patent infringement settlement
Providing antitrust
general outside advice
counseling to the Digital Cinema Initiative, a joint venture of the seven major movie studios created to establish performance
digital security specifications for the transmission
exhibition of digital cinema,
to explore business models for encouraging digital cinema implementation
Defended Warner Home Video in a nationwide class action
related federal
state cases brought by independent video rental retailers claiming a group boycott
price fixing in connection with contracts entered into between movie studios, including Warner Home Video,
a national home video rental chain
Assisted in defense of California state court antitrust
certain competition claims against Samsung by competitor
Providing antitrust counseling to Carrier Airconditioning in distributorship restriction in the western United States
Represented the Digital Cinema Committee of Motion Picture Association of America in connection with antitrust issues relating to digital cinema transmission, security
exhibition issues
Part of team defending The Gator Corporation in multidistrict nationwide direct
class action attacks on Gator's targeted internet advertising business model under the Copyright Act, the Lanham Act
state unfair competition law
Represented entertainment companies in multidistrict antitrust litigation involving alleged antitrust violations by internet service providers allegedly tying ISP
cable television services
Represented internet companies, including search engine operators
sellers of internet advertising, in multidistrict antitrust litigation arising out of patent claims,
antitrust advice
counseling relating to distribution of advertising through affiliation agreements
Provided continuing antitrust advice to multiple studios concerning vertical competition issues, such as exclusive dealing
differential pricing in various market segments, including E-commerce, theatrical distribution,
consumer product marketing
