Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C.'s attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in antitrust and related issues. The Antitrust practice group draws on the skills and expertise of attorneys from several practice areas within the firm’s Business, Governmental and Administrative Law and Litigation departments. They provide effective legal counsel with respect to compliance with antitrust laws to:
- Business enterprises regarding mergers and acquisitions, including assuring compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976;
- Trade association clients regarding their compliance with antitrust and related laws;
- Manufacturers regarding geographic and market restrictions for their distributors and brokers; and
- Organizations regarding non-competition clauses for their key employees.
In the regulatory arena, our attorneys represent a number of business enterprises and competitive providers with respect to the restructuring of the telecommunications and the electric industries. They have:
- Challenged anti-competitive asset transfers from a monopoly to its unregulated affiliate
- Prevented illegal joint marketing of a regulated (monopoly) service with an unregulated service
- Negotiated and arbitrated interconnection agreements with incumbent providers
- Litigated the pricing of essential facilities
Negotiated special contracts on behalf of large customers with incumbent utility providers With respect to traditional antitrust litigation, our firm has successfully handled cases involving issues such as:
- Intent to monopolize
- Price fixing
- Illegal tying arrangements
- Class action antitrust litigation
