Our Practice
Snell & Wilmer provides focused and constructive antitrust advice tailored to fit the needs of its clients. Among Snell & Wilmer’s antitrust attorneys are a former Trial Attorney with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, top antitrust litigators and specialists whose expertise includes the interplay between antitrust laws and intellectual property laws and between antitrust laws and health care laws.
Our Experience
Recent Private Litigation:
- Represented large national automobile insurer in a $21 billion nationwide consumer class action alleging the price-fixing of insurance, obtaining a dismissal with prejudice
- Represented energy trading companies in a series of class actions alleging manipulation of natural gas price indices
- Represented large national insurers in a series of California class actions by various service providers to the automobile insurance industry claiming price fixing, obtaining dismissals with prejudice
- Represented municipal water company against tying and monopolization allegations
- Represented hospitals in a class action matter, alleging that the hospitals and a trade association had fixed the wages of part-time nurses, obtaining a declination by the DOJ and a denial of certification of more than 80% of the alleged class
- Represented two healthcare providers who alleged that a monopolist hospital had blocked their opening of a competing outpatient facility, obtaining a multimillion dollar settlement
- Represented transportation companies against allegations of conspiracy and deceptive trade practices
- Represented large truck stop chain with respect to boycott allegations
- Represented information technology companies with respect to antitrust counterclaims arising out the companies claims to intellectual property rights, obtaining dismissals with prejudice
- Represented long distance provider in a lawsuit claiming monopolization, obtaining dismissal with prejudice
- Represented automobile manufacturers in consumer class action alleging price fixing
- Represented defendants in the multidistrict bread, concrete, cement, soft drink and funeral homes class actions
Recent Government Investigations:
- Represented clients in defending against government investigations (including grand jury and agency investigations)
- Represented clients applying for and receiving corporate leniency from the U.S. Department of Justice and various states Attorneys General
- Represented companies, executives and management, employees, boards and board members and special committees in internal and government antitrust investigations
Ongoing Antitrust Counseling:
Snell & Wilmer acts as general antitrust counsel for many of its clients, providing one-stop shopping for all antitrust and competition issues, including issues dealing with Hart-Scott-Rodino compliance and clearance issues, sales and marketing practices, distribution agreements, antitrust compliance training, licensing of intellectual property, joint ventures, as well as antitrust issues arising under California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah state law. Snell & Wilmer provides antitrust counseling to clients in following industries and areas:
- Hospitals and healthcare providers
- Energy companies
- Trade associations
- Largest manufacturer of steel and aluminum wheels in the world
- Large providers of brand name computing products, software and advanced IT services
- Enterprise software and maintenance suppliers
- Mining companies
- Football bowl games
- Transportation companies
- Agricultural producers
- Manufacturers and technology providers to the agricultural industry
- Producers of construction aggregates and chemicals
- Providers of telecom, wireless and long distance services
- National home builders
- Meat processing companies
- Truckload carriers
- Paper manufacturers
- Franchisors and large regional franchisees
