Rachel J Adcox

Practice Areas

Antitrust

Litigation

Career

After 15 years building and leading a world-class antitrust litigation practice at an elite law firm, Rachel Adcox founded Adcox Strategies to provide independent antitrust advice to industry-leading companies and their counsel. Although best known for guiding Fortune 100 clients through high-risk civil litigations and regulatory investigations, Rachel is also a trusted advisor on a full range of criminal and civil antitrust matters, including information sharing practices and algorithmic pricing, internal investigation management, contracting practices, pricing and distribution policies, and corporate compliance. Clients rely on Rachel’s pragmatic and business-minded approach to risk management, her well-honed strategic instincts, and her clear, reasoned, and confident advice. Rachel's legal accolades include being ranked by Chambers USA as an Antitrust Litigation Specialist, by Legal 500 as a DC Elite Practitioner and Leading Lawyer, and by the National Law Journal as a Litigation Trailblazer. Prior to joining private practice, Rachel was a Trial Attorney at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association Sections of Antitrust Law, Litigation, Law Practice, and Solo, Small Firm, and General Practice Divisions

American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)

International Association of Defense Counsel

District of Columbia Bar Association

Maryland State Bar Association

Publications

Setting the AI Standard for Algorithmic Pricing in the U.S.: Per Se or Rule of Reason?, NZKart, July 15, 2024 (Winner, Concurrences 2025 Antitrust Writing Award)

Best Practices in the Acquisition of a Government Contractor, Best Practices in the Acquisition of a Government Contractor, October 7, 2021

Rethinking the Partnership Model to Foster Inclusion, ABA Law Practice Today, September 15, 2021

Getting Your Best Outcome Post-AU Optronics: Pay No Attention to That Case Behind The Curtain, Antitrust, July 24, 2012

Work Highlights

Counsel for multiple defendants in treble-damages class actions alleging conspiracies to manipulate the price of PVC pipe.

Lead counsel defending Tyson Foods in multiple treble-damages class actions and regulatory investigations alleging industry-wide conspiracies to manipulate the price of broiler chickens, reduce pork and turkey output, and suppress broiler grower pay.

Lead counsel defending RelayHealth, a subsidiary of McKesson, in a treble-damages class action alleging a conspiracy to monopolize electronic prescribing.

Lead counsel defending Alvogen in the Generics Price-Fixing MDL.

Lead counsel defending the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies in a treble-damages class action alleging a conspiracy to prevent PharmacyChecker.com from accessing internet platforms.

Lead counsel for multiple defendants in the Auto Parts MDL in Detroit, Michigan.

Counsel defending Independence Blue Cross (IBC) in the treble-damages MDL against the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and individual Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans alleging the illegality of plan service areas.

Counsel defending a Japanese auto-parts company in connection with cartel investigations by the DOJ, the European Commission, and the Canadian Competition Bureau.

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