Mark Ford

Practice Areas

Mark Ford is an experienced antitrust litigator and counselor who represents clients in state and federal courts and in agency investigations in matters concerning alleged monopolization, restraints of trade, price fixing, bid rigging, price discrimination, and other forms of anticompetitive conduct and unfair competition. Mr. Ford serves clients in the life sciences, technology, automotive and financial sectors. His antitrust litigation practice is nationally recognized, and he is considered a “Next Generation Lawyer” for his work defending antitrust class actions and litigating cases at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law.

Mr. Ford is a leading antitrust litigator and counselor for clients in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry. He has litigated matters and regularly counsels clients concerning brand-generic settlements as well as defending allegations of sham litigation, Walker Process fraud, improper “Orange Book” listings and “product hopping.” He regularly advises clients on the antitrust implications of life cycle management strategies and sales strategies. His clients are among the leading pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical firms in the world, and he has represented those companies and their employees in federal and state courts, before the Federal Trade Commission, and in matters brought by the European Commission.

Mr. Ford also has extensive experience litigating matters and advising clients on competition issues involving intellectual property. He has represented numerous companies targeted by abusive enforcement of intellectual property, including by bringing antitrust counterclaims on behalf of companies that are targeted by sham intellectual property litigation. In addition, Mr. Ford has extensive experience litigating antitrust matters arising from the assertion of standard-essential patents (SEPs). He has litigated several SEP antitrust claims in federal courts on behalf of clients alleging that SEP holders have violated commitments to license SEPs on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, representing some of the leading technology companies in the world. Mr. Ford has also appeared before the Department of Justice to address issues of SEP abuse.

Finally, Mr. Ford defends clients in follow-on civil litigation arising from cartel enforcement matters. He has served as lead counsel for companies facing multiple class actions, as well as suits by competitors, in the United States based on findings of cartel activities by foreign enforcers.

Professional Memberships

Mr. Ford is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for Greater Boston Legal Services. He is a former co-chair of the Antitrust Committee of the Boston Bar Association. Mr. Ford is also the former chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Marshfield, Massachusetts, and is currently serving on the Town’s Advisory Board.

Personal

JD, summa cum laude, Boston University School of Law, 2003; BA, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1998