Antitrust
USA Guide 2024 : Minnesota
Band 1
About
Provided by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
Federal, state and foreign antitrust laws broadly regulate the modern marketplace. At Faegre Drinker, we help businesses pursue transactions, take products and services to market, and expand operations, while minimizing any antitrust risk. Our work begins with experienced counseling: We advise on best sales, pricing and distribution practices, counsel on competitor information exchanges, audit current business activities, and help clients develop robust antitrust compliance policies. When companies face the prospect of antitrust litigation, either as defendants or plaintiffs, our team members in offices throughout the country and internationally are prepared to handle the full array of competition law claims, including those involving price fixing, price discrimination, resale price maintenance, monopolization, joint bidding, exclusive dealing and group boycotts. Faegre Drinker attorneys have extensive experience defending antitrust class actions and criminal investigations. In M&A transactions, we counsel on pre-merger notification and clearance under Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and foreign merger control laws, and we regularly handle investigations by federal, state and foreign enforcement agencies. We also work with the firm’s IP attorneys to minimize antitrust risk associated with standard-setting, patent pools and IP licensing, as well as to prosecute and defend IP-related competition claims.
Chambers Review
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is a highly regarded firm with strong capabilities across the full range of contentious and noncontentious antitrust matters. The firm regularly appears on behalf of clients in local and federal courts. The team also provides advice in relation to M&A.
Work Highlights
- Faegre Drinker defended Hormel Foods in a putative class action brought by purchasing plaintiffs, alleging a number of turkey processors and other defendants conspired to inflate the prices of turkey through the exchange of information.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are not only able to answer our legal questions but they are also able to provide insights and guidance on how our business should approach the matters."
"They are not only able to answer our legal questions but they are also able to provide insights and guidance on how our business should approach the matters."
Notable Practitioners
Craig Coleman has a notable litigation practice, which includes complex antitrust cases. He also provides advice on noncontentious matters.
Richard Duncan has experience advising clients on matters such as monopolization, price-fixing and deceptive advertising claims.
"We received excellent work from Rick and he's great to work with. He cares about his clients."
Emily Chow is commended for her broad antitrust experience. She is particularly notable for her HSR expertise and her government investigations practice.
"Her organization skills are incredible."
Ranked Lawyers at
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