Anyone involved in business can be affected by antitrust laws and trade regulations, which reach more than monopolies. These are complex areas of the law and extend to business activities including strategic alliances and acquisitions, dealer and distributor control, pricing policies, trade association activities, joint ventures, licensing, and wage concessions.
Leatherwood’s attorneys help our clients understand the antitrust implications of business decisions. We counsel our clients to ensure their business decisions and policies comply with antitrust laws and minimize exposure to litigation. We assist our clients in Hart-Scott-Rodino filings and other administrative requirements of mergers and acquisitions. We advise clients at the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law, helping them to protect and leverage their IP assets while complying with antitrust regulations. We focus our decades of experience in antitrust law to analyze the risks and to help our clients get on with business.
Our preventive antitrust practice includes counseling clients on:
Dealer and distribution contract matters including exclusivity, territorial limits, and resale pricing
Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic alliances
Pricing policies and price discrimination
Licensing and knowledge transfer
Antitrust audits, development of compliance policies and training
Activities by cooperatives and trade associations
Predatory Practices and information sharing among competitors, including intellectual property information
Franchise matters
When our clients are facing or pursuing antitrust litigation or governmental actions, we help them resolve the issue in a way that achieves the business objective. If the situation calls for preserving supplier, dealer, customer or strategic competitor relationships, we bring our negotiating experience and skills to bear for our clients. When necessary, we aggressively advocate for our clients' interests in antitrust litigation or regulatory action, handling matters in local, state and federal court, in the Department of Justice, before the Federal Trade Commission, or alternative dispute resolution.
Our antitrust litigation experience includes representing clients in the following:
Government and competitor challenges to mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures
Termination of supplier, dealer, or distributor relationships
Termination of hospital privileges
Commercial bribery
Predatory Pricing
Monopolization charges, including in the intellectual property arena
Restrictions in licensing and other vertical agreements
For more information regarding Leatherwood's Antitrust & Trade Regulation Practice, please contact Tami McKnew
