Antitrust
USA Guide 2024 : Pennsylvania
Band 2
Email address
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+1 215 981 4000About
Provided by Troutman Pepper
Our Antitrust group is best known for taking creative, practical, and efficient approaches to complex antitrust problems, whether in counseling, litigation, or transactions. Our attorneys guide clients through the complex and highly regulated challenges of business competition issues in the United States as well as abroad, and have extensive experience in multidistrict antitrust cartel class action litigation, health care, reverse payment, and other pharmaceutical competition litigation and counseling. We also provide counseling regarding intellectual property and other types of restraints, allowing clients to achieve their commercial goals with the least possible risk.
Our team represents clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to new entrants in a broad range of industries, including software, high-tech, building materials, chemicals, energy, publishing, media and entertainment, transportation, telecommunications, sports, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and health care.
Chambers Review
Troutman Pepper houses a strong group with a well-established presence in the Pennsylvania antitrust market. Has particular expertise in class action litigation cases within the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, and is noted for its handling of cases at the intersection of IP and antitrust law. Additionally proficient in representing clients within the manufacturing and construction industries. Also noted for its provision of merger clearance advice to corporate and private equity clients.
Work Highlights
- Troutman Pepper defended United Egg in an opt-out litigation brought by 12 supermarkets alleging that there was a conspiracy to reduce supply and raise the price of eggs.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The lawyers are very knowledgeable about this area of the law. They have a good handle not only on substantiative and legal principles, but also generally on litigation in federal courts."
"Troutman Pepper provides consistently solid advice."
"The lawyers are very knowledgeable about this area of the law. They have a good handle not only on substantiative and legal principles, but also generally on litigation in federal courts."
"Troutman Pepper provides consistently solid advice."
Notable Practitioners
Barbara Sicalides heads the firm's antitrust department. She is considered an expert in a range of antitrust matters, including defending investigations brought by the Department of Justice, advising corporations on compliance issues and working on price-fixing cases.
"Barbara is a really effective litigator."
"Barbara is very savvy and able to provide practical advice."
Robin Sumner has excellent capacity to effectively handle antitrust cases for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.
"Robin is a good litigator."