M Howard Morse

Howard Morse is a partner in and former chair of Cooley's Antitrust & Competition practice group. He represents businesses before the US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general in investigations of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as alleged monopolization, restraint of trade and unfair and deceptive practices. Howard has been at the forefront of applying antitrust law to the high-tech sector and the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law, including issues related to nascent and potential competition, innovation markets, patent pools, standard setting and settlement of IP litigation.

Before joining Cooley, Howard served for 10 years at the FTC, where he was Assistant Director of the Bureau of Competition. At the FTC, he was responsible for 50+ enforcement actions, including Hart-ScottRodino civil penalty and merger enforcement actions. Howard received the FTC's Award for Superior Service for "furthering the Commission's Merger Enforcement Program" and for "advancing the antitrust mission of the Federal Trade Commission in innovation markets and high technology industries."