Congratulations to Alicia J. Batts who joined Proskauer Rose from Dickstein Shapiro. According to the press release:
Ms. Batts joins Proskauer from Dickstein Shapiro LLP, where she was a partner. She also worked as an antitrust advisor to Federal Trade Commissioner Mozelle Thompson, for whom she reviewed antitrust actions before the FTC and made recommendations on enforcement and policy matters before the Federal Antitrust Agency.
Congratulations to Michael Katz, former DoJ chief economist, who has just joined Competition Policy Associates (COMPASS). From the announcement:
Dr. Katz is a Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission. Dr. Katz has served as an economic expert in a wide range of high-profile litigation and regulatory proceedings, with a focus in the telecommunications and electronic payments industries. For example, Dr. Katz served as the primary expert for the U.S. Department of Justice in United States v. Visa USA, Inc. With the addition of Dr. Katz, the COMPASS team of experts now includes five former chief economists at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division: Dr. Katz, Bobby Willig, Janusz Ordover, Dan Rubinfeld, and Richard Gilbert.
Congratulations to Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr., who joined the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins from Bingham McCutchen. According to the press release:
Pfeiffer is an accomplished antitrust litigator with extensive experience in civil antitrust cases, civil and criminal government antitrust investigations, and other competition-related commercial cases. He practices across numerous industries and has been particularly active in the telecommunications and information technologies arenas. Pfeiffer also advises companies regarding the antitrust aspects of acquisitions, joint ventures and distribution agreements.
Earlier this week, I posted about several antitrust attornyes, including five from Fried Frank, who joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Their move was triggered by the move of the previous antitrust group to Skadden and Cadwalader’s subsequent hiring of Charles “Rick” Rule from Friend Frank. At that time, Fried Frank also lost Deborah Graza to DOJ. Since then, I have not seen any news about antitrust attorneys going to Fried Frank. And its website lists only seven antitrust attorneys, all of whom joined Fried Frank more than a year ago.
If you have any news about Fried Frank’s antitrust practice, please let us know. Leave a comment or email us (which you can also do anonymously).
Congratulations to the winners!
The COMPASS Prize is awarded to published or forthcoming papers in a peer-reviewed journal that, in the opinion of the selection committee, make the most significant contributions to the understanding and implementation of competition policy. The 2007 co-winners, who will share $20,000, are:
The COMPASS Prize in the amount of $5,000 is awarded to the paper written by a Ph.D. candidate that makes the most significant contribution to the understanding and implementation of competition policy. The winner of this year’s Ph.D. award is:
In the big game of musical chairs, early this year virtually the entire antitrust group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft moved to Skadden Arps. In April, Cadwalader hired Charles “Rick” Rule from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Cadwalader continued to add to its antitrust group following its hire of Mr. Rule. In May, Jonathan S. Kanter and Anthony V. Nanni joined Cadwalader as special counsel from Fried Frank. Also moving from Fried Frank were associates Andrew J. Forman, Ngoc Pham Hulbig and Christian J. Lorenz. Shortly thereafter, Joseph J. Bial – who had moved to Jenner & Block earlier this year - joined Cadwalader as an associate.
Congratulations to Michael H. Knight who joined Cooley Godward from the FTC. According to the press release:
He will be based in the Washington, DC office. Knight joins Cooley from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where he was the Assistant Director of the Mergers II Division of the Bureau of Competition. The Mergers II Division is a 25-attorney unit responsible for investigating and prosecuting cases under federal antitrust laws, with a focus on, among other areas, technology matters. As the Assistant Director in charge of the unit, Knight managed staff investigations and the litigation of merger and civil non-merger matters. Knight also oversaw consent decree negotiations and implementations. At Cooley, Knight will focus on expanding the Firm’s antitrust practice on the East Coast.
Congratulations to Joyce L. Bartoo who joined Winston & Strawn from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. According to the press release:
For the past 13 years, Bartoo served as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions and leading investigations of alleged monopolization and collusion in industries such as entertainment and publishing, telecommunications, e-commerce, computers, computerized services and finance.
Congratulations to William B. Slowey, until recently the Corporate Antitrust Counsel for General Motors Corporation who joined Butzel Long. According to the press release:
Mr. Slowey served 35 years in various positions at General Motors (GM) Corporation, including the last 18 as Corporate Antitrust Counsel. His legal work is extensive and spans a variety of industries and market segments, including defense, locomotive, electronic, communication, earth-moving equipment, heavy-duty transmission, heavy-duty bus and truck, as well as automotive parts and vehicles. … Mr. Slowey served the United States Department of Justice as a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division from 1968-1971.
Congratulations to David T. Fischer who joined Shook Hardy & Bacon last week. I’d say more but this is more than enough shameless self-promotion for me.
Congratulations to Jesse Markham Jr., who has left Morrison & Foerster (where he was co-chair of antitrust group) for Holme Roberts & Owen. The press release is available here and The Recorder has a good article about this move online too.
Congratulations to James F. Lerner who joined Dewey Ballantine’s New York office this week. According to the press release:
Lerner, formerly with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, has over fifteen years of experience advising clients on antitrust issues relating to mergers and acquisitions and the formation of joint ventures, as well as extensive experience representing clients in foreign and domestic U.S. criminal cartel investigations, and in government and private antitrust actions.
The ABA Section of Antitrust Law’s Nominating Committee has issued its report on new Officers and Council Members (whose nomination must be approved at the Section’s annual meeting in August). The nominees are:
Officers:
Vice Chair: Ilene K. Gotts
International Officer: H. Stephen Harris
Program Officer: Christopher B. Hockett
Secretary and Communications Officer: Debra J. Pearlstein
Council Members for Three-Year Terms Ending in 2010:
Non-U.S. Lawyer Council Representative (non-voting position):
Congratulations to Roger W. Fones, Susan S. DeSanti, and Meredyth Smith Andrus who will receive a special award from the American Antitrust Institute which honors civil servants who devoted their professional careers to enforcement of the antitrust laws at the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or in the States. According to the (emailed only) press release:
Roger W. Fones joined the Depart of Justice’s Antitrust Division in December 1975 as a trial attorney. Most recently he served as Chief of the Transportation, Energy and Agriculture Section. In matters involving the airline industry, Mr. Fones led or supervised numerous investigations and legal challenges of domestic airline mergers and acquisitions, and domestic and international code-sharing agreements. Mr. Fones was responsible for all civil antitrust enforcement in the regulated electric power and natural gas industries, as well as in other non-regulated energy industries. He also had a major impact on competition in the agricultural, transportation, and aluminum industries. Currently, he is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Law Practice Group in the Washington, D.C. office of Morrison & Foerster. Susan S. DeSanti’s began at the Federal Trade Commission as an Attorney Advisor to former Commissioner Dennis Yao. Next, she became Assistant Director of the Bureau of Competition for Evaluation and Policy and then Senior Legal Advisor to Chairman Robert Pitofsky. From 1995 to 2006 she was Director of Policy Planning and later Deputy General Counsel for Policy Studies. In that role, she spearheaded the FTC’s report on the proper balance between competition and patent law and policy, as well as other reports on the role of competition in health care, business-to-business electronic marketplaces, competition in the new high-tech, global marketplace, and factors that influence gasoline prices. In 2006, she left the Federal Trade Commission to take the position of Senior Counsel at the Antitrust Modernization Commission where she was responsible for drafting the final report. Meredyth Smith Andrus was an Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General from 1988 to 2006, working primarily in the health care field. Ms. Andrus played a prominent role in numerous multi-state and joint federal/state investigations and prosecutions in the pharmaceutical industry. She served as a liaison contact between state and federal antitrust enforcers and assisted in facilitating cooperative enforcement efforts in many government antitrust enforcement actions in the pharmaceutical industry. She also served for six years as co-chair of the Pharmaceutical Industry working group of the National Association of Attorneys General. In 2004, Ms. Andrus received the Marvin Award from NAAG for her multi-state enforcement efforts in the pharmaceutical industry. Today, she is an attorney with the Health Care Division of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, which she joined in September 2006.
Congratulations to all three.
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