The Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Antitrust & Competition Law Practice Group has broad experience in all areas of antitrust and competition law. Lawyers in the group serve as counsel to clients in both civil and criminal antitrust litigation matters, including grand jury appearances. Our attorneys regularly represent clients before the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, and provide counseling and training to clients to ensure compliance with antitrust laws. We advise on the antitrust issues related to distribution and franchise networks, and counsel clients on international antitrust matters.
The Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Antitrust & Competition Law Practice Group has broad experience in all areas of antitrust and competition law. Lawyers in the group serve as counsel to clients in both civil and criminal antitrust litigation matters, including grand jury appearances. Our attorneys regularly represent clients before the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, and provide counseling and training to clients to ensure compliance with antitrust laws. We advise on the antitrust issues related to distribution and franchise networks, and counsel clients on international antitrust matters.
The Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Antitrust & Competition Law Practice boasts not only attorneys with strong backgrounds in antitrust and competition law, but also draws on the talents of lawyers in our M&A, Intellectual Property and Corporate groups, as well as seasoned litigators, to provide comprehensive counsel to clients.
We provide a full range of representation for the many competition issues that arise from clients' business operations. This ranges from addressing allegations of price-fixing in both the civil and criminal arena, to counseling in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and distribution networks. The group’s litigators regularly represent clients in matters involving false advertising claims, trade secrets, covenants not to compete, tortious interference with business and contractual relationships, and breach of fiduciary duties.
Our attorneys regularly represent clients in proceedings before the FTC and DOJ as well as in grand jury hearings and investigations conducted by state attorneys general. The firm has successfully defended corporate clients charged with price-fixing in a number of criminal trials. We also have a substantial record of successfully assisting clients in avoiding indictment in criminal antitrust matters.
The firm is also positioned to help clients as they deal with the antitrust issues raised by participating in the global economy. Our attorneys provide counsel regarding compliance with pre-merger regulations in the European Community and other jurisdictions, represent clients in antitrust investigations in South America, and advise on global distribution issues.
An important component of our work involves advising clients regarding the antitrust issues involved in leveraging their intellectual property, anarea drawing increased scrutiny from regulators. Our Antitrust & Competition Law group includes several registered patent attorneys, experienced trademark and copyright lawyers, and others who work regularly on intellectual property matters. They serve as experienced counsel to clients as they seek to use and exploit their intellectual property assets.
The firm has successfully represented clients in opposing class certification, and in defending antitrust class actions. These cases include putative statewide or nationwide class actions involving dairy products, methionine, infant formula, vitamins, industrial gases, computer software, and industrial chemicals.
Representative Clients
- American Family Publishers
- Bayer Corporation
- BP Oil Company
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
- Cigna Insurance Companies
- Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.
- DCH Health Care Authority
- First Brands Corporation
- First Family Financial Services
- Industrial Chemicals, Inc.
- Intel Corporation
- Jim Walter Homes
- Jim Wilson & Associates
- Microsoft Corporation
- Monsanto
- Pfizer Inc.
- Playmobil U.S.A., Inc.
- Torchmark Corporation