Cases
Noteworthy Representations: Apple Inc. v. Pepper, et al., No. 17-204 (U.S.): Represented iPhone owners in one of the most significant victories for private antitrust plaintiffs in the Supreme Court's recent history.
United States v. AT&T Inc., 310 F. Supp. 3d 161 (D.D.C. 2018), aff'd, 916 F.3d 1029 (D.C. Cir. 2019): Represented AT&T in the Department of Justice's challenge to the merger of AT&T
Time Warner.
Ohio v. American Express Co., 138 S.Ct. 2274 (2018): Served as appellate counsel to American Express in the Supreme Court's most significant Rule of Reason antitrust case in two decades.
In re Dealer Management Systems Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2817 (N.D. Ill.): Representing multiple plaintiffs in major antitrust litigation against the two leading providers of dealer management systems, CDK Global, LLC
The Reynolds & Reynolds Company.
Kleen Products LLC v. International Paper Co., 831 F.3d 919 (7th Cir. 2016), cert. denied, 137 S. Ct. 1582 (2017): Represented a class of direct purchasers of containerboard products claiming that manufacturers colluded to suppress supply
increase prices. The court of appeals affirmed, on interlocutory appeal, certification of the class. Defendant, International Paper Co., recently agreed to pay $354 million to settle the class action.
In re Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation, 782 F.3d 867 (7th Cir. 2015): Successfully defended Verizon Wireless against a multi-billion dollar price-fixing suit, winning summary judgment
affirmance on appeal
taking the lead in briefing
argument on behalf of all defendants.
Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Techs., Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2111 (2014): Successfully represented technology company in winning unanimous reversal of an en banc Federal Circuit ruling exp
ing doctrine of induced infringement.
Kappos v. Hyatt, 132 S. Ct. 1690 (2012): Secured en banc review of Federal Circuit panel decision narrowing rights of patent applicants to judicial review of patent denials
after winning reversal by the en banc court, won unanimous Supreme Court affirmance.
Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., 131 S. Ct. 565 (2010): On behalf of Swatch Group, won affirmance by an equally divided court of Ninth Circuit ruling protecting right of copyright owners to block unauthorized imports.
Pacific Bell Tel. Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc., 555 U.S. 438 (2009): On behalf of AT&T, secured Supreme Court decision eliminating most price-squeeze claims under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, winning reversal of Ninth Circuit.
Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007): Principal drafter of cert. petition
merits brief in l
mark decision clarifying pleading st
ards, winning reversal of Second Circuit.
Verizon Communications v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, 540 U.S. 398 (2004): Represented Verizon in leading case limiting firms' affirmative obligations to assist competitors under Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
