Biography

Head of Antitrust & Competition. Has played a leading role in numerous antitrust litigations and advises on the competition law aspects of corporate transactions.  

Art is the head of our Antitrust & Competition practice. In the course of his career, he has represented clients in a variety of antitrust, securities, corporate governance and general litigation matters. Art advises clients on the competition law aspects of mergers and acquisitions. He has also played a leading role in multiple antitrust litigations. His clients span an array of industries including media and entertainment, financial services, social media, telecommunications, and hardware and software. Art is a frequent speaker on antitrust issues and has held multiple leadership positions in the ABA Antitrust Law Section. His work is recognized by publications including Benchmark Litigation and Chambers USA, which quotes sources describing him as “a tremendous attorney, highly regarded in the antitrust community.”  

Litigation 

  • Leading financial institutions in suits alleging price-fixing and/or manipulation of financial benchmarks and instruments, including: 
    • MDL alleging a conspiracy to manipulate LIBOR; we are liaison counsel for the joint defense group and have won dismissals of multiple claims and defeated certification of several purported classes 
    • Suits alleging conspiracies to manipulate the market for Mexican government bonds, the ISDAfix benchmark rate and FX rates and to block the exchange trading of interest rate swaps 
  • Comcast and NBCUniversal in winning dismissal of a suit challenging NBC’s decision not to renew its affiliation agreement with a local broadcaster in Boston 
  • Comcast in: 
    • Winning summary judgment and disposing of a monopolization claim in the advertising sales representation business 
    • Two suits challenging territorial rules of the NHL and MLB; successfully opposed certification of a damages class and won Daubert motion; the suits settled on favorable terms 
    • Suit challenging the alleged selling of cable channels in “bundled tiers”; Art successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit 
    • Two FCC trials concerning “discrimination” claims brought by sports programming channels; both settled on favorable terms 
    • Suit challenging the FCC’s approval of Comcast’s acquisition of AT&T Broadband; Art successfully argued before the D.C. Circuit 
  • Oracle in: 
    • Dismissal of suit seeking to block its acquisition of Agile Software 
    • Litigation and two-week trial arising out of its unsolicited tender offer for PeopleSoft 
  • Clients in nonpublic criminal grand jury investigations alleging price-fixing conspiracies