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Seven Morrison Foerster partners are among those listed in the inaugural edition of Lawdragon’s Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers. The list, compiled using nominations and journalistic research, is a “guide to the elite lawyers parrying for an equal playing field for corporates and consumers worldwide.”MoFo lawyers recognized on Lawdragon’s list of Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers include:<ul><li>Jeffrey Jaeckel – Antitrust & Competition Law, inc. M&A, Investigations, Litigation</li><li>Alexander Okuliar – Antitrust & Competition Law, inc. M&A, Investigations, Litigation</li><li>Lisa Phelan – Antitrust & White-Collar Litigation</li><li>Megan Gerking – Antitrust Investigations & Litigation</li><li>Bonnie Lau – Antitrust Investigations, Enforcement & Litigation</li><li>Bradley Lui – Antitrust & White-Collar Investigations & Litigation</li><li>Michael B. Miller – Antitrust & Competition Law, inc. M&A, Investigations, Litigation</li></ul>Morrison Foerster antitrust lawyers are proven leaders in the courtroom, the boardroom, and the halls of government. With leading antitrust lawyers in major business centers in the United States, Europe, and Asia, we provide services seamlessly to clients doing business worldwide.Lawdragon is a leading digital media company that recognizes the most effective lawyers and legal professionals in a wide variety of industries and areas.<a href="https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2025-01-24-the-2025-lawdragon-500-leading-global-antitrust-competition-lawyers" target="_blank">View the full list</a>.

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Jeff has notable experience representing public and private corporations in connection with their most significant and complicated antitrust litigation in federal and state courts. He regularly represents clients in all antitrust aspects of complicated transactional matters, including strategy and structuring of transactions to avoid antitrust risk and achieve strategic business objectives, and U.S. and multinational merger notification and review. Jeff also represents domestic and international companies in connection with government investigations of conduct, including civil investigations relating to monopolization or criminal investigations of alleged price-fixing. Jeff also assists clients in the protection of their intellectual property and counsels clients on the antitrust ramifications of commercial agreements to capitalize on the value of intellectual property.Jeff represents clients across a range of industries, including pharmaceuticals and medical devices, semiconductors, software, Internet services, transportation, consumer products, telecommunications, and media and entertainment.In addition to his active practice, Jeff is Morrison Foerster’s Vice Chair. Jeff formerly served as co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group and as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, and co-chair of the firm’s eDiscovery Task Force.Jeff serves as an associate editor of the Antitrust Magazine of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section. He graduated with honors and was a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society in Economics. He was a writing staff member for the Wisconsin Environmental Law Journal, and was elected to Order of the Coif.

Jeff Jaeckel

Vice Chair

Alex Okuliar is Co-Chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group. He was the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Antitrust Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Justice during the first Trump Administration and, earlier in his career, an advisor at the Federal Trade Commission. His practice includes litigation, merger reviews, and government investigations.“The ‘excellent’ Alex Okuliar has a broad practice taking in merger clearance, conduct investigations and antitrust litigation. He is particularly noted for his work on behalf of media and technology companies.” – Chambers USA, DC AntitrustAlex represents clients in lawsuits in federal and state courts around the United States. He has helped clients succeed in a wide range of cases, including class actions and private party disputes alleging price fixing, monopolization, group boycotts, market allocation, and tying.He also regularly represents clients in merger and conduct investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, state Attorneys General, and foreign agencies, including the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority. He has guided clients through the complex global merger clearance process and litigated agency merger challenges through trial.Alex has a history of notable agency leadership experience. He was appointed the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement in the DOJ Antitrust Division during the first Trump Administration and in that role oversaw more than 150 career staff, dozens of complex merger investigations, and an industry-wide review of online platforms. He was also one of the principal architects and leaders of the agency’s landmark search monopolization case against Google (U.S. v. Google). Earlier in his career, Alex served as an attorney advisor to former FTC Commissioner Ohlhausen and a trial attorney in the DOJ Antitrust Division. Prior to his service as Deputy AAG, Alex was a partner at another international law firm.Alex is a thought leader and a frequent writer and speaker. He currently serves as the co-chair of the ABA Antitrust Law Section’s Joint Conduct Committee, and is the former chair of the Section’s Intellectual Property Committee and co-chair of the 2023 Antitrust Fall Forum on Artificial Intelligence. He is also a member of the Corporations, Securities & Antitrust Executive Committee of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. Alex serves on Morrison Foerster’s AI Steering Committee and Life Sciences Steering Committee.Alex has also edited or contributed to leading antitrust treatises and handbooks, including Antitrust Law Developments (7th edition), the Premerger Notification Practice Manual (3rd and 4th editions), and the Intellectual Property and Antitrust Handbook (2nd edition).Before law school, Alex co-founded and sold an online technology company.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><h5>Merger Review and Litigation</h5>Alex has worked on nearly a thousand deals across many industry sectors over his roughly 25-year career. He has handled dozens of second requests and litigated merger cases through trial. Clients appreciate the range and depth of experience he can offer them. As one client noted in The Legal 500 U.S. Antitrust: Merger Control guide, “Alex Okuliar brings a deep knowledge of the law and economics of antitrust, and the ability to frame that knowledge within the unique circumstances of the digital economy.”His notable public representations include:<ul><li>Microsoft in many deals, including its $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub, an AI-powered developer platform.</li><li>Unity Software Inc. in multiple transactions, including its all-stock $4.4 billion acquisition of ironSource and the concurrent $1 billion PIPE investment in the company by Silver Lake and Sequoia, and in response to the related $13.6 billion unsolicited acquisition proposal from AppLovin Corporation.</li><li>Hispanic Broadcasting Company in its $3 billion sale to Univision, which closed with a settlement after a year-long DOJ Second Request investigation.</li><li>AVG Technologies in its $1.3 billion sale to Avast Software, maker of antivirus and security software.</li><li>ShowingTime, a leading proptech company, in its $500 million sale to Zillow, which cleared successfully without conditions after a Second Request investigation by the FTC.</li><li>Propel Media in federal court to defend against the FTC’s challenge to its proposed acquisition by IQVIA.</li><li>Enterprise Products Partners in multiple deals, including its $13 billion acquisition of GulfTerra, which closed with limited divestitures after an FTC Second Request investigation.</li><li>Nova Chemicals in its joint venture to build a $1.7 billion ethylene cracker and a polyethylene plant in Texas with Borealis and Total.</li><li>Meade Pipeline Co. in the $1.37 billion sale of its natural gas pipeline system to NextEra Energy Partners.</li><li>Sugar Foods Corporation in its sale to Pritzker Private Capital.</li><li>Infineon Technologies AG in the sale of its HiRel DC-DC converter business to Micross Components, Inc.</li><li>Cisco in multiple matters, including its $600 million acquisition of SD-WAN provider, Viptela.</li><li>Kindred Biosciences in its approximately $450 million sale to Elanco Animal Health.</li><li>Otsuka Pharmaceuticals in its roughly $250 million acquisition of ADHD-drug developer, Neurovance.</li></ul>While serving at the DOJ and FTC, Alex investigated or oversaw the review of hundreds of transactions, including the $180 billion merger of United Technologies and Raytheon, NASDAQ’s proposed $11 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Boerse’s proposed $10 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext, Waste Management’s $4.6 billion acquisition of Advanced Disposal Services, Liberty Latin America’s $1.95 billion purchase of AT&T Puerto Rico, Google’s $2 billion acquisition of Fitbit, Google’s $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, Reading Health System’s proposed acquisition of Surgical Institute of Reading, and Universal Health Service’s acquisition of Ascend Health Corporation, among many others.<h5>Antitrust Conduct Litigation</h5>Alex has represented clients in some of the most significant antitrust cases of the last twenty years, including government enforcement, class actions and private party disputes, and has represented both plaintiffs and defendants. As The Legal 500 U.S. Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions Defense guide noted, “Alex Okuliar litigates cutting-edge antitrust topics such as platform competition and data collection as well as media cases.” His thought leadership on class action issues has also been cited by courts (See In re GPU Antitrust Litigation, 253 F.R.D. 478, 492–3 (2008)).His current representations include:<ul class="li-text-orange"><li class="li-text-orange">Avadel, a leading biopharmaceutical company, in Jazz Pharmaceuticals v. Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals (D. Del.), an antitrust counterclaim alleging monopolization and other unlawful conduct by Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Avadel alleges that Jazz improperly listed a distribution system patent in the FDA’s Orange Book to extend its monopoly power over certain narcolepsy drugs. The New York Times coverage of the case can be found on the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/business/jazz-narcolepsy-avadel-patents.html" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> website. The FTC also filed an <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/11/ftc-amicus-brief-challenges-abuse-fda-orange-book-listing-procedures-block-drug-competition" target="_blank">amicus brief</a> explaining to the Court the harm to competition from such listings.</li><li class="li-text-orange">Icon, a real estate development company, in Icon v. Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, et al. (C.D. Cal.), a federal antitrust lawsuit against two unions and other co-conspirators. Icon alleges the unions are attempting to monopolize certain labor markets, among other unlawful conduct, by submitting sham environmental petitions to slow or block new real estate developments and then offering to abandon those petitions in exchange for hiring of union labor. See the press coverage in <a href="https://www.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberglawnews/antitrust/XEJFH0U8000000?bna_news_filter=antitrust#jcite" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>.</li><li class="li-text-orange">Provi, an e-commerce platform, in Tiz (d/b/a Provi) v. Southern Glazer’s and Republic National Distribution Co. (N.D. Ill.), an antitrust claim alleging monopolization, tying, and group boycott, among other conduct, by the nation’s largest alcohol distributors to eliminate new and innovative online marketplace competition from Provi. See coverage of the case by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/29/alcohol-ordering-antitrust-suit-00021383" target="_self">Politico</a>.</li><li>A large national consumer products company (E.D. Pa) in its defense against a monopolization case alleging deceptive conduct before a standard-setting organization and patent holdup related to an alleged standard essential technology patent.</li><li>A national financial institution in its defense against state law claims of unfair competition in connection with a business transaction.</li></ul>Some of his other clients include:<ul><li>Asiana Airlines in In re Korean Air Lines Co. Antitrust Litigation (C.D. Cal.) against an MDL class action alleging price-fixing of passenger air fares. He prevailed on motion to dismiss claims of indirect purchasers of passenger air fares, which was upheld in relevant part on appeal, and the remainder of the case settled. See In re Korean Air Lines Co. Antitrust Litigation, 567 F. Supp. 2d 1213 (C.D. Cal. 2008), aff’d in part, vacated in part, 642 F.3d 685 (9th Cir. 2011).</li><li>Asiana Airlines in In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y), an MDL class action alleging price-fixing of cargo shipping fees. The case was ultimately settled.</li><li>Capital One in In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Litigation (E.D.N.Y.), where he defended the client against alleged price-fixing claims related to credit card interchange fees. This matter ultimately settled.</li><li>Capital One in American Express v. Visa, et al. (S.D.N.Y.), where he defended the client against group boycott claims alleging that certain exclusive bylaws for the Visa and Mastercard credit card networks represented an agreement to boycott American Express. The case settled after years of litigation.</li><li>Honeywell in Wright v. Honeywell (Vt.), McKinnon v. Honeywell (Me.), Fagan v. Honeywell (Mass.), and Roos v. Honeywell (Cal.), where he defended the client against class actions in several state courts alleging monopolization of certain home thermostats. Certain cases were dismissed after briefing and oral argument and others were ultimately settled.</li><li>The United States in United States v. Google (search) (D.D.C.), in its landmark monopolization case against a leading online search engine. He served as the senior Antitrust Division official overseeing the DOJ staff team to develop and prosecute the lawsuit.</li><li>A leading online professional networking site in its defense against unfair competition claims based on allegations that the site had blocked a competing site from scraping its data to develop another service.</li><li>A leading medical imaging technology company in an antitrust counterclaim related to a patent infringement action.</li><li>An online media streaming company in an antitrust counterclaim against the major national television broadcasters related to a copyright infringement lawsuit.</li></ul><h5>Government Investigations & Policy Advocacy</h5>Alex also handles investigations, compliance counseling, and policy advocacy for governmental entities. As one client noted in The Legal 500 U.S. Antitrust: Cartels guide, “Alex Okuliar brings a calm and thoughtful approach to the matters he advises on. He has good judgment and delivers advice in a user-friendly format. He stays current on emerging issues in antitrust law and provides a helpful perspective on areas of risk and how to best address those areas.” Some of his matters include representing:<ul><li>An AI company in an FTC investigation of a technology platform.</li><li>A technology company in its defense against an FTC investigation into an alleged order violation.</li><li>A major chemical company as a leniency applicant in a DOJ criminal price-fixing investigation.</li><li>An airline in various DOJ criminal cargo and passenger airfare antitrust investigations.</li><li>A technology company in a DOJ investigation of an alleged no-poach agreement relating to employee hiring.</li><li>A major energy company as a third-party complainant and witness in an FTC investigation leading to litigation against the merging companies.</li><li>An energy company in an internal investigation of trading activity related to allegations of price fixing.</li><li>A major hospital system in a state AG price-fixing and market allocation investigation.</li><li>A ticket reseller in a state AG consumer protection investigation.</li><li>Clients advocating to government agencies on issues relating to technology platforms, mergers, and issues involving antitrust and intellectual property.</li></ul>

Alexander Okuliar

Co-chair Global Antitrust Law Practice Group

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe class="sticky-video" allowfullscreen="1" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Q0TTyb7UVt4?rel=0" title="Lisa M. Phelan" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Lisa Phelan, former Chief of the National Criminal Enforcement and Washington Criminal I Sections of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), is a partner and co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group and a member of the Investigations + White Collar Group. With more than 25 years of service at the DOJ as one of the leading authorities in criminal antitrust matters, Lisa draws upon her unmatched criminal investigations, litigation, and enforcement experience to guide clients through sensitive issues pertaining to domestic and international cartel actions and white-collar investigations and to rapidly assess and address their risk and total exposure to potential claims of unlawful collusion.Clients turn to Lisa for her knowledge and understanding when subpoenaed or when enforcement agencies execute a search warrant or stage a dawn raid. Few have the breadth of her experience to counsel and represent clients through each step of a cartel investigation, leniency application, plea negotiation, or criminal jury trial. Additionally, Lisa is an expert in the components of effective compliance programs and is an asset to clients in preventing antitrust problems before they arise. She has led complex antitrust matters across numerous major industries, including financial services, technology, aviation, automotive, shipping, paper, petroleum, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, among others.As Chief of the National Criminal Enforcement and Washington Criminal I Sections of the Antitrust Division, Lisa supervised and coordinated all investigative and litigation work on international and national criminal cartel cases. Lisa regularly coordinated investigations and prosecutions with cartel enforcement agencies worldwide, including in the European Union, Japan, Mexico, Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and Brazil, among others. Additionally, she often interfaced with other law enforcement units when investigations raised non-antitrust issues.Before Lisa was appointed Chief of National Criminal Enforcement, she served as a senior criminal litigator in the Antitrust Division, leading investigations and trials of multinational corporations and their executives for price-fixing and related crimes. Lisa prosecuted more than 300 federal criminal cases and led and oversaw dozens of jury trials throughout her tenure at the DOJ.Lisa has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including the Presidential Rank Award, awarded by President Obama in 2015, the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, awarded by Attorney General Eric Holder in 2014; and, on multiple occasions, the Assistant Attorney General’s Outstanding Service Award, while serving as a lead trial attorney and a senior official at the DOJ.Law enforcement agencies and competition partners consult Lisa on best practices and policies in cartel enforcement and leniency programs. She has been frequently acknowledged for her insight and dexterity in the fields in which she practices. Recognitions include:<ul><li>“[Lisa’s] ability to distill information and come to solutions is amazing. We are lucky to be represented by her.” –Chambers USA, 2022 (Client Testimonial)</li><li>“[Lisa] is very knowledgeable on DOJ practices and policies.” –Chambers USA, 2022 (Client Testimonial)</li><li>“[Lisa] is excellent and gives well thought-out and practical advice.” –Chambers USA, 2021 (Client Testimonial)</li><li>“Lisa Phelan has three decades of experience as a DOJ attorney, including serving as Chief of the National Criminal Enforcement section of the Antitrust Division. She is prominent in the market and well-placed to advise clients on criminal cartel proceedings. Sources describe her as a 'fantastic lawyer,’ who ‘knows everything.’” –Chambers USA, 2020</li></ul>Lisa frequently speaks at American Bar Association (ABA), International Competition Network, International Bar Association, and various prominent white-collar crime conferences. She has been an active participant in ABA programs and activities for nearly three decades. Currently, she serves as co-chair of the Antitrust Section’s International Cartel Task Force, which regularly meets with competition agency heads from around the globe to provide thought leadership and to advise on competition law changes and practices, including leniency program criteria. She is also a leader on the Antitrust Section’s Influencer Task Force. Additionally, Lisa proposed and worked to establish the ABA Antitrust Section’s Women.Connected Committee.Lisa has long championed the advancement of women within the legal profession and in the Antitrust Bar in particular. Recognized by MLex as a “trailblazer” for women in antitrust, in recent years, she founded the “Women in Cartel” group, which has expanded its membership nationally and internationally. More than once, she has been named one of Global Competition Review’s Top “Women in Antitrust.” In addition, Lisa serves on the firm’s Women’s Strategy Committee, working closely with firm leaders to ensure that the advancement of women is a constant strategic priority. Lisa is a member of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association.Lisa received her J.D. magna cum laude from American University, Washington College of Law, where she served on the International Law Journal. She received her B.A. summa cum laude, also from American University. Lisa is an adjunct Professor at AU law school, teaching a seminar on Criminal Antitrust.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Represent a European executive indicted in the U.S. on a criminal Sherman Act charge of bid rigging on government contracts.</li><li>Represent a major national healthcare company investigated by DOJ’s Antitrust Division on allegations of criminal agreements not to hire or solicit employees from another major national healthcare company. Obtained a non-prosecution agreement from DOJ for the company and all of its executives.</li><li>Represent a large national health staffing company in multiple grand jury investigations around the U.S. for various alleged Sherman Act criminal violations. Obtained non-prosecution commitment from DOJ for the company and its executives in all matters.</li><li>Represent a major Japanese component parts maker subject to a grand jury investigation by DOJ. Obtained a non-prosecution decision for the company and its executives.</li><li>Represent a large national media company in meetings with DOJ regarding possible anticompetitive conduct.</li><li>Represent a major prescription services company under investigation by the FTC for possible monopolization and abuse of dominance violations.</li><li>Represent an oil and gas industry company under grand jury investigation by the Antitrust Division and obtained a non-prosecution decision from DOJ.</li><li>Represent numerous CEOs and high-level executives in numerous criminal antitrust grand jury investigations.</li></ul>

Lisa M. Phelan

Megan Gerking is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law practice, specializing in government-facing antitrust matters. Megan represents companies in criminal and civil conduct investigations before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and state enforcers and in all phases of the merger review process before U.S. and foreign competition authorities.Megan, a former trial attorney with the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, is an experienced antitrust attorney focused on complex antitrust law matters, including government investigations, strategic transactions, and civil litigation. She regularly counsels clients on antitrust issues arising from industry consortiums, trade association activities, and other collaborations. While serving in the Antitrust Division, Megan investigated and prosecuted federal antitrust violations and international cartel cases. She leverages her DOJ experience when reviewing, developing, and implementing clients’ antitrust compliance programs and routinely delivers antitrust compliance training for employees.As part of Megan’s merger practice, she regularly helps clients in all aspects of merger review, including developing strategy for structuring transactions, assessing and complying with obligations under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR Act”), and securing clearance from antitrust enforcers in the United States and abroad. Megan has represented third parties in agency reviews of deals, including at trial.Megan has experience representing clients across a broad range of industries, including media, telecom, technology and software, financial services, consumer products, aviation, higher education, manufacturing, agriculture, and life sciences. While in the Antitrust Division, Megan prosecuted the first individual extradited to the United States on an antitrust charge. For her work investigating and prosecuting international price fixing, bid rigging, and market-allocation conspiracies by automotive parts suppliers, Megan earned the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service. Megan was also awarded the DOJ’s Outstanding Mentor Award by the Attorney General. Further, she was recognized this past year in Bloomberg Law’s 40 Under 40 and as a finalist for The American Lawyer’s 2022 Young Lawyer of the Year. Additionally, Megan has served as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN) and spoke at the ICN Cartel Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2022. Megan is also a member of our global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) steering committee.Megan is currently an editor of ABA magazine The Antitrust Source. Megan received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served on the editorial board of The Tax Lawyer. She received her B.A. in economics and political science from the University of Michigan.Before attending law school, Megan worked in the DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs, assisting the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division in all media matters and serving as a spokesperson for national media. She also worked as a paralegal for the Antitrust Division, supporting trial attorneys investigating and prosecuting corporations and individuals for violations of criminal antitrust laws.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><h5>Criminal and Civil Antitrust Investigations</h5><ul><li>Obtained non-prosecution protection for two healthcare companies she represented in separate DOJ Antitrust Division criminal investigations.</li><li>Represented an energy company in a criminal investigation.</li><li>Obtained a non-prosecution agreement for a senior executive in a criminal investigation into market allocation and bid rigging of generic drugs by the DOJ.</li><li>Regularly advises senior executives on DOJ antitrust criminal investigations involving allegations of price fixing, market and customer allocation, and bid rigging and obtained non-prosecution protection for several individuals.</li><li>Assisted a technology company in an FTC monopolization investigation.</li><li>Represented a private equity fund in a state AG investigation.</li><li>Counseled a senior executive in an international criminal cartel investigation.</li><li>Obtained a non-prosecution agreement for a senior executive in a criminal investigation into conduct related to the hiring of employees.</li></ul><h5>Antitrust Merger Review</h5><ul><li>ShowingTime. Navigated ShowingTime Inc., a leading real estate showing management and market stats technology provider, through an extended review by the Federal Trade Commission of its $500 million vertical acquisition by Zillow Group. </li><li>Unity Technologies Corp. Obtained merger clearances for Unity in connection with an asset carve-out acquisition from Weta Digital for certain assets, including its audiovisual effects development and management software tools, for a purchase price of $1.625 billion. </li><li>Grant Thornton. Advised and obtained merger clearances for Grant Thornton LLP in connection with the sale of its Public Sector Advisory practice to Guidehouse.</li><li>Divvy. Represented Divvy, a leader in spend management, in its $2.5 billion stock and cash sale to Bill.com.</li><li>NTT LTD. Represented NTT, a leading IT infrastructure and services company, in its $330 million cash sale of WhiteHat Security to Synopsys, Inc.</li><li>Palo Alto Networks. Advised Palo Alto Networks on its agreement to acquire Cider Security, a pioneer in application security and software supply chain security.</li><li>Continental Building Products. Represented Continental Building Products, a North American leader in wallboard and joint compound materials, in negotiations to secure antitrust approvals for its sale to Saint-Gobain. The transaction cleared without a “second request” investigation.</li><li>The Walt Disney Company. Assisted The Walt Disney Co. in its $71 billion acquisition of certain businesses from 21st Century Fox.</li><li>Bombardier. Represented Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier in connection with the worldwide antitrust clearance of its sale of a controlling interest in the “C Series” line of commercial passenger jets to Airbus. The transaction cleared without any second-phase reviews.</li><li>Advised third parties on civil investigative demand (CID) responses, including Nouryon, a global specialty chemical leader, as a third-party witness in an FTC litigation challenge of a transaction between Evonik and PeroxyChem.</li><li>Counseled corporate clients on antitrust issues in complex transactions, including collaborations, joint ventures, acquisitions, and mergers.</li></ul><h5>Antitrust Litigation</h5><ul><li>Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Representing Glenmark in a federal antitrust multidistrict litigation alleging price fixing and market allocation of generic drugs by manufacturers of generic drugs.</li><li>Nexstar Media Group. Representing Nexstar, America’s largest local television and media company, in federal antitrust litigation alleging price fixing in television advertising.</li><li>Represented a leading international financial institution in multiple, sprawling class action lawsuits alleging a global conspiracy by some of the world’s largest banks to manipulate the interbank offer rate (IBOR) benchmark for multiple currencies.</li></ul>

Megan E. Gerking

Partner

Bradley Lui is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Litigation Group, where his practice includes the representation of clients in criminal and civil litigation and before federal antitrust enforcement agencies. He has extensive civil and criminal antitrust litigation experience and regularly represents clients before the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in connection with mergers and acquisitions and cartel matters. He also represents clients in connection with cartel work and other matters before antitrust authorities in jurisdictions abroad, including the EU, Korea, and Japan.Brad has successfully defended clients in government investigations and antitrust litigation involving the rubber chemicals, consumer electronics, telecommunications, and transportation industries. In addition, he has successfully represented plaintiffs in a number of antitrust matters. Brad also provides antitrust counseling to companies in the consumer products, financial, technology, food, and pharmaceutical industries.Brad has served as lead trial counsel in overcharge claims involving over a billion dollars before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the state regulatory commissions. He also has a depth of understanding of leading appellate cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Brad was named one of Lawdragon’s 2022 500 Leading Litigators in America.Prior to joining MoFo, Brad was a trial attorney with the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, where he litigated a price-fixing suit against the major U.S. domestic airlines and was involved in investigations of Microsoft, major airline mergers, and grand jury investigations. He also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, where he tried criminal cases and handled criminal appeals. Brad has also clerked for Judge Dickran Tevrizian of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.Brad is a resident of our Washington, D.C., office and a member of our San Francisco office.<h4>Representative Matters</h4><ul><li>Teradata Corp. Representing Teradata, a major American multi-cloud data platform company, in connection with its monopolization and tying claims against SAP SE.</li></ul><ul><li>In re SSA Bonds Antitrust Litigation. Represented client in connection with price-fixing allegations in the SSA bonds market. Secured dismissal of the civil case.</li><li>Hurst v. Sinclair. Represented Sinclair in connection with monopolization claims in the fruit labeling industry.</li><li>T-Mobile/Sprint. Represented SoftBank and Sprint Corp. before the Department of Justice in connection with T-Mobile’s proposed acquisition of Sprint. He also represented SoftBank and Sprint in the challenge of the merger brought by certain states in the Southern District of New York and in proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission.</li><li>Continental Building Products. Represented Continental Building Products, a North American leader in wallboard and joint compound materials, against allegations that it participated in a conspiracy to fix prices in the drywall industry. Secured dismissal of the case.</li><li>BlackBerry v. Nokia Corp. Represented BlackBerry in patent infringement litigation relating to wireless infrastructure equipment.</li><li>Precision Associates v. Panalpina, et al. Represented a joint defense group of 65 defendants in a class action alleging a global price-fixing cartel in the freight forwarding industry. The firm argued a motion to dismiss on behalf of all defendants, resulting in recommended dismissal for lack of standing and failure to satisfy Twombly on key claims.</li><li>Bandspeed v. Garmin International, et al. Represented Blackberry in connection with patent infringement and antitrust claims relating to the Bluetooth standard.</li><li>Represented client in connection with U.S. Department of Justice investigation into alleged price-fixing in the auto parts industry.</li><li>Represented client in connection with U.S. Department of Justice investigation into alleged price-fixing in the ocean car carrier industry.</li><li>Represented a major international transportation company in the U.S., Asia, Brazil, and the EU relating to alleged price-fixing in the freight forwarding industry.</li><li>Represented a major transportation company in the U.S. and Asia in connection with alleged price-fixing in the air cargo industry.</li><li>Southwest/AirTran. Represented AirTran Holdings, Inc. before the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with Southwest Airlines Co.’s proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of AirTran.</li><li>In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1285. Successfully represented as lead counsel, a leading manufacturer of vitamins in connection with its claims against members of a vitamin cartel. Obtained highly favorable settlements from all defendants.</li><li>State of Alaska. Regular representation of the State of Alaska in connection with litigation over the rates charged by the owners of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. Most recently, he was lead trial counsel for the State of Alaska in a nine-week hearing regarding the TAPS Quality Bank. He served as the lead trial counsel in a 10-week hearing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, where he secured approximately $1 billion in rate reductions. He also served as lead trial counsel in another matter in which the Trans Alaska Pipeline System rates were reduced in half. In addition, he has represented the State in connection with petroleum industry mergers affecting upstream oil production on the North Slope, ownership interests in TAPS, sale of North Slope crude oil, and refining on the West Coast of the U.S.</li></ul>

Bradley Lui

Michael Miller has nearly three decades experience helping clients successfully navigate through the most complex litigation and regulatory challenges they face. He regularly represents clients in major antitrust and class action litigation, and in managing antitrust risks presented by complex transactional and other business matters, including strategy and structuring of transactions to overcome potential regulatory hurdles and achieve strategic business objectives.Mike’s practice includes all aspects of complex financial services, antitrust, privacy, and commercial litigation. He also has an active practice representing clients in merger control proceedings in the United States, Europe, and other jurisdictions as part of the multinational merger notification and review process.Mike has considerable experience representing financial services companies in investigations initiated by various antitrust regulators, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the New York Department of Financial Services, and others. Mike has a history of representing companies before the U.S. and EU competition law regulators in the telecommunications, semiconductors, software, network services, pharmaceutical, industrial, financial services, consumer products, chemical, and technology industries.Mike maintains an active pro bono practice, regularly representing New York City public school students seeking special education and other services from the City and State. <h4 dir="ltr">Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (Eastern District of Pennsylvania). Representing Glenmark in a federal antitrust multidistrict litigation alleging price fixing and market allocation of generic drugs by manufacturers of generic drugs.</li><li>In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation (Eastern District of New York). Representing a major financial institution in federal antitrust class and individual actions alleging that the payment card practices of the defendant card networks and financial institutions constitute an unreasonable restraint of trade and illegal monopolization. This is likely the largest private antitrust case ever brought.</li><li>Copperweld Wiring (Northern District of Alabama and other courts). Representing wire manufacturer in antitrust and false-advertising suit against three major copper wire competitors.</li><li>SoftBank/Sprint/T-Mobile. Represented Sprint and SoftBank before DOJ/FCC and at trial against multiple State Attorneys’ General seeking to block the T-Mobile-Sprint merger as anti-competitive. After a two-week trial, the Court dismissed the case and the merger closed successfully. </li><li>Arm Limited/Softbank. Represented SoftBank Group and Arm Limited on complex antitrust and national security issues arising from NVIDIA’s proposed acquisition of Arm from SoftBank for $65 billion.</li><li>Data Breach and Privacy Matters. Representing a variety of clients in connection with regulatory and litigation issues arising out of data breach events and general data security counseling and compliance.</li><li>FCRA Matters. Representing significant information-service provider in actions around the country alleging violations of the FCRA and related statues and in federal and state regulatory proceedings.</li><li>Southwest Gas Holdings. Obtained antitrust regulatory clearances in connection with Southwest Gas Holdings’ $2 billion acquisition of Questar Pipeline and subsequent sale of certain assets. </li><li>Programmatic Advertising. Represented digital programmatic healthcare advertising firm in lawsuit seeking to block acquisition.</li><li>Alcon Vision (Southern District of New York). Won dismissal of all antitrust claims against a contact lens manufacturer.</li><li>Dale v. T-Mobile, et al. (Northern District of Illinois). Won dismissal of antitrust lawsuit against SoftBank. </li><li>EMV Litigation (Northern District of California). Won dismissal of class action antitrust litigation arising out of the introduction of chip card standards to the US payments sector.</li><li>In re Late Fee and Over-Limit Fee Antitrust Litigation (Northern District of California). Won dismissal of class action challenging late and over-limit fees. Dismissal affirmed on appeal.</li><li>In re Dental Supply Antitrust Litigation (Eastern District of New York). Negotiated resolution of individual and class action antitrust litigation in the dental supplies industry. </li><li>Antitrust and Bank Holding Company Act Litigation (Middle District of Florida). Won dismissal of sprawling antitrust and BHCA litigation on behalf of major financial institution.</li><li>Amadeus IT Group (Southern District of New York). Won dismissal of class action litigation in the travel services industry.</li><li>Overdraft Litigation (Eastern District of Pennsylvania). Represented a major financial institution in successfully resolving class action litigation arising out of overdraft practices.</li><li>Other Merger Clearances. Has obtained merger clearances in the US and EU for clients in the financial services, telecommunications, network services, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, oil and gas, consumer products, chemical, packaging, and metals industries.</li><li>GSE FCRA Litigation (Ninth Circuit, District of Arizona). Won dismissal of FCRA litigation against a large government-sponsored enterprise in the District of Arizona.</li><li>Privacy Litigation (District of Colombia; District of Columbia Superior Court). Won motions to dismiss in two actions that alleged violations of various statutory rights to privacy stemming from customer service practices. Both dismissals affirmed on appeal.</li><li>Richbell Information Services, Inc., et al. v. Jupiter Partners LP, et al. Represented Lord Jacob Rothschild and several publicly traded English investment trusts in the New York Commercial Division in litigation arising out of disputes among shareholders. Resolved successfully for client.</li></ul>

Michael B. Miller

Antitrust Law