What Does the Antitrust Practice Encompass?
Saul Ewing's Antitrust Practice Group represents corporations and individuals in state and federal antitrust, trade regulation, and consumer protection cases. The practice includes attorneys drawn from the Litigation and Business departments. This integrated team brings together substantial experience in state and federal antitrust and trade regulation laws.
Over the last three decades, our attorneys have handled hundreds of antitrust cases in a range of venues, including the Supreme Court, several Courts of Appeals, and numerous District Courts across the United States.
Large and Small Corporations: Recent Representation
Saul Ewing's Antitrust Practice Group representation includes these recent cases:
- A multimillion-dollar antitrust verdict for our client, a distributor of inventory security devices
- A summary judgment in a monopolization case for one of the most respected newspaper corporations in the United States
- Settlement of a major consumer protection lawsuit on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against several defendants in the pharmaceuticals industry
Client Roster: Meeting Challenges Across Industries
Our lawyers have represented many Fortune 100 companies in antitrust and trade regulation litigation. Our roster includes clients from a range of industries, such as:
- Building Products
- Chemicals
- Consumer Goods and Services
- E-Commerce
- Food
- Health Care
- Industrial Equipment
- Office Products
- Pharmaceuticals
- Publishing
- Securities
- Steel
- Telecommunications
- Tobacco
For clients in the petroleum industry, we provide knowledgeable advice concerning federal and state regulation of downstream marketing activities. We also provide representation in litigation under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act and other antitrust, trade regulation, and consumer protection statutes.
In addition, we represent:
- Franchisers and other companies who sell products and services through retailers, distributors, or brokers
- Agricultural cooperatives
- Purchasing cooperatives
Sophisticated Technology: Enhancing Efficiency
Leading-edge organization and presentation tools enable attorneys in the Antitrust Practice Group to present cases in a systematic and efficient way. In several recent trials, technology has provided us with the ability to instantly recall and display hundreds of trial exhibits to the jury, including excerpts from deposition testimony, demonstrative exhibits, and other presentation materials. These capabilities allow us to litigate complex cases with small legal staffs, providing sophisticated legal services to our clients cost effectively.
Comprehensive Capabilities: Serving Client Needs
The attorneys in Saul Ewing's Antitrust Practice Group serve clients in a variety of situations. We are skilled at providing services such as:
- Representing corporations and corporate officers in state and federal antitrust investigations
- Providing analysis and antitrust advice to corporations engaged in mergers and acquisitions, or joint ventures
- Advising corporations regarding their current and proposed sales and distribution policies and procedures
- Representing corporations, corporate officers, and employees in criminal prosecutions
- Helping corporate clients as both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation, including class actions
- Assisting with internal investigations undertaken in response to government inquiries
- Counseling clients to avoid antitrust liability and help them implement effective compliance programs.