McGrath North's trade regulation and antitrust practice provides counseling, advice and assistance to clients across the gamut of antitrust, trade regulation and competition issues including:

Counseling and Compliance  McGrath North's breadth of experience in handling antitrust litigation and investigations enables us to provide sophisticated proactive counseling and antitrust compliance advice to stop problems before they start.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures   The firm has extensive experience in handling Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filings and governmental merger investigations. We steer our clients' deals through the pre-merger notification process and federal, state and foreign investigations of acquisition transactions and collaborations among competitors.

Governmental Investigations and Litigation   McGrath North represents clients in civil investigations conducted by the United States Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and States' Attorneys General. We are also active in representing clients in criminal matters such as price fixing and bid rigging from Grand Jury proceedings through trial.

Distribution and Marketing  The firm advises our clients concerning the antitrust concerns which arise in distribution and marketing. These concerns include distribution contracts, distributor terminations, vertical price and nonprice restraints and Robinson-Patman Act compliance.

Private Litigation  McGrath North represents clients in private litigation and class action antitrust litigation in both state and federal courts across the country. These cases have included price-fixing, monopolization, and distribution cases.

Representative Projects

• Designed antitrust compliance materials and programs for public and privately held companies and joint ventures.
• Conducted antitrust compliance seminars.
• Prepared antitrust analysis of mergers and acquisitions.
• Prepared and filed Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Pre-Merger Notification and Report Forms; advised public and privately held clients on Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance.
• Handled Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice merger investigations; from beginning inquiry, to "Second Requests", to successful and timely resolution.
• Provided advice and assistance to clients which receive government requests for information and Civil Investigative Demands.
• Structured joint ventures and other competitor collaborations to meet antitrust requirements.
• Resolved enforcement concerns involving trade associations.
• Shepherded international transactions through multinational pre-merger filings and competition review.
• Represented clients in Federal criminal price fixing investigations and criminal trials; assisted clients in multi-state criminal and civil antitrust investigations.
• Designed rebate and incentive programs to comply with antitrust laws; resolved price discrimination disputes; planned distribution and sales programs to comply with the Robinson-Patman Act.