Antitrust

We represent public and private companies on antitrust matters before the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, and in state and federal courts in complex civil and criminal litigation.

We provide counselling and litigation services in the areas of competitor and customer relations, pricing policies, dealer relations, Hart-Scott-Rodino compliance, joint venture/acquisition analysis, advertising and franchising. We have extensive experience designing and implementing antitrust compliance programs for clients. Calfee designs antitrust compliance programs that will assist its clients in meeting the standards of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and thus potentially serve as a mitigating factor in criminal sentencing.

Corporate Counseling

• Merger and acquisition analysis and filings
• Joint venture evaluation and structuring
• Development and enforcement of pricing policies
• Antitrust compliance programming
• Intellectual property restrictions
• Robinson-Patman Act
• Dealer terminations

Government Enforcement

• Department of Justice civil investigations
• Federal merger investigations
• Grand Jury investigations
• FTC and State enforcement proceedings

Private Litigation

• Price fixing
• Monopolization
• Price discrimination
• Tying arrangements
• Refusals to deal and boycotts
• Market allocations