Antitrust
Stone & Magnanini LLP attorneys have significant experience both defending and prosecuting civil antitrust cases brought either as class actions or individual actions, and defending criminal antitrust matters. As former partners of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, one of the nation’s leading antitrust litigation practices, David S. Stone and Robert A. Magnanini have been involved in major complex antitrust cases. Handling antitrust matters requires not only a solid grounding in the complex law of antitrust, but also a deep understanding of business practices and economics. In cases being investigated by the government, both civil and criminal, Stone & Magnanini’s experience in dealing with the U.S. Justice Department, various United States Attorneys Offices and state Attorneys General is invaluable to our clients.
Antitrust matters handled by Stone & Magnanini LLP attorneys include:
- representing major luxury-car dealers in both a civil class action (settled for a fraction of the damages sought) and criminal antitrust price-fixing conspiracy investigation, with no charges filed
- representing a national medical equipment manufacturer in a criminal antitrust investigation, with no charges filed
- representing a major pharmaceutical company in an industry-wide civil antitrust litigation alleging price discrimination
- representing a major media company in a civil antitrust case claiming monopolization of cable movie channels
- representing a Fortune 500 corporation in defending antitrust claims for price fixing and market allocation
- representing a state nursing association in an antitrust action against hospitals and physicians
- serving as special antitrust counsel to the Medical Society of New Jersey, participating in drafting proposed antitrust regulations regarding the relationship of physicians and HMOs