Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Eric's practice focuses on criminal and civil antitrust and unfair competition litigation. Eric has extensive experience conducting investigations of alleged antitrust violations and unlawful cartel activity, coordinating responses to government inquiries, and negotiating appropriate resolutions with government authorities, including the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. In addition, Eric has successfully defended companies involved in nationwide, consumer class actions. He has experience in every aspect of complex civil litigation, from responses and challenges to complaints, to managing, coordinating, and taking discovery, to motion practice and summary judgment and through trial, in both state and federal courts. Most recently, Eric was part of the trial team that obtained a full defense jury verdict on an antitrust group boycott claim filed against Macy's and The May Company, which was ranked as one of the "Top Ten Defense Verdicts" of 2007 by the Daily Journal.

Eric also advises clients on antitrust and competition issues in the transactional and regulatory contexts. He has provided advice and assistance in mergers and acquisitions and has coordinated responses to second requests issued by the Federal Trade Commission, most recently in connection with the Federated Department Stores and May Company merger, the largest department store merger in history.

Eric represents clients from varying industries that include Dole Food Company, Unocal Corporation, ChevronTexaco, Bayer A.G., Diebold, Incorporated, Experian Information Solutions, CB Richard Ellis, PepsiCo, and Ricoh Company. Eric also maintains an active pro bono practice. In association with Public Counsel, Bet Tzedek, and the American Red Cross, Eric has represented underprivileged clients in consumer protection, unlawful detainer, immigration services fraud, and public benefits cases.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Litigation
• General Antitrust Counseling

Representative Cases

• Angela Shaw v. Raymond Mendoza
• City of Vernon v. Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority
• FSPA v. Diebold, Incorporated
• Helen A. Carter v. CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., et al., (Cal. Sup. Ct., Orange Cty.)
• In re Packaged Ice Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1952 (E.D. Mich.)
• In re Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) Antitrust & Patent Litigation and Lossada v. Union Oil Company of Calif., and consolidated / coordinated actions
• In re Tableware Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal. 2007)
• James J. Lockshaw, et al. v. Rohr, Inc., et al., California Court of Appeal Case No. G029533
• Matevosyan v. Schulze, 05H01650
• McKinniss v. PepsiCo, Inc.
• Standfacts Credit Servs., Inc. v. Experian Information Solutions, 405 F. Supp. 2d 1141 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 7, 2005)
• State of California v. Safeway, Inc., et al., No. CV-04-0687 AG (C.D. Calif.)
• VeriSign, Inc. v. Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN), No. CV 03-1292, 2004 WL 2095696 (C.D. Cal., filed Feb. 26, 2004)
• William Michas v. Ricoh Corp., No. 03cc 14030 (Cal. Sup. Ct., Orange Cty., filed Nov. 24, 2003)
• Acquisition of May Department Stores
• Defense of Price Scanner Accuracy Claims , (2003)
• Defense of RICO Claims
• Outside General Counsel
• Sorbates Price-Fixing Litigation

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Complex Litigation, Deceptive Trade Practices, International Antitrust, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, RICO Act, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Loyola Marymount Univ - CA

Published Works

• Contributor, Antitrust Evidence Handbook, Second Edition, American Bar Association, 2002
• A Roadblock on the Detour Around the First Amendment: Is the Enforcement of English Libel Judgments in the United States Unconstitutional?, 21 Loy. L.A. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 159, 1999

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2304 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com