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Williams & Connolly LLP

Antitrust

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Williams & Connolly LLP

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Antitrust - USA - Nationwide

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For

Williams & Connolly LLP is recognized for strong capabilities in DOJ investigations and enforcement actions. The firm also handles follow-on litigation and represents household name clients in the tech, pharmaceuticals and financial services sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Williams & Connolly represented Aetna in multidistrict litigation pending in the Northern District of Illinois. This set of cases involved alleged antitrust violations arising out of so-called algorithmic collusion, where plaintiffs allege the defendants used certain repricing tools and services offered by co-defendant Multiplan, Inc.

Strengths

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  • When Williams & Connolly take on a matter or a client, they are all in. They roll up their sleeves and are robust strategic thinkers. They have high-quality professionals, from senior partners to associates. Everything about Williams & Connolly is geared toward bet-the-company matters.

    Antitrust respondentUSA
  • Williams & Connolly are experts in antitrust and understand litigation strategy is what leads to success. They find novel arguments to raise, and their speed and willingness to learn our business are very impressive. They are always responsive, and I appreciate their proactiveness.

    Antitrust respondentUSA
  • The Williams & Connolly attorneys are brilliant, strategic and motivated. They bring so much for complex commercial litigation. They are sophisticated trial lawyers.

    Antitrust respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2John E. Schmidtlein
    Band 2John E. Schmidtlein

    John E. Schmidtlein

    John Schmidtlein is noted for his abilities as a litigator, defending a range of anticompetitive behavior allegations, recently including coordinated bidding and price-fixing.
    • John is exceptional in everything he does. I cannot say enough good things about him.

      Antitrust respondentUSA
    • John is a titan of the antitrust defense Bar. He is a great strategic thinker and gets into the weeds and understand complexities. He really cares about getting a good outcome for his clients and is a phenomenal first-chair trial lawyer.

      Antitrust respondentUSA

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