LeVee, Jeffrey A.
Jones Day
1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: 1.650.687.4166 (Business Phone) / 1.213.243.2572 (Other Phone)
Fax: 1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax) / 1.213.243.2539 (Other Fax)
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.jonesday.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Jeff LeVee's practice focuses on complex business and class action litigation, antitrust litigation, health care litigation, and antitrust counseling. He has successfully litigated matters in state and federal courts in numerous cities. His clients include health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, retailers, telecommunications companies, manufacturers, and internet companies. Jeff is Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Silicon Valley Office and coordinator of the antitrust and competition law practice in the Firm's California region.
Jeff has successfully defended dozens of class action lawsuits, including a successful jury verdict following a trial on antitrust claims on behalf of Macy's. He also has represented several health care providers in various health-related litigation. In addition, Jeff has successfully defended all litigation matters brought against ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) since ICANN was formed in 1998.
Areas of Practice
- Antitrust & Competition Law
- Health Care
- Antitrust Litigation
- General Antitrust Counseling
- Antitrust Intellectual Property
- Antitrust/Health Care
Representative Cases
- Albertson's defends California AG antitrust litigation related to labor union negotiations
- Arctic Glacier defends packaged ice antitrust litigation
- Aventis and other methionine producers successfully challenge class certification in antitrust litigation
- Banner Health resolves antitrust litigation brought by Phoenix cardiologists , (2009)
- BP obtains regulatory approvals for $33.7 billion merger with Atlantic Richfield
- Dollar Thrifty Automotive defends antitrust litigation related to California rental car pricing
- Federated Department Stores' $17 billion acquisition of May Department Stores is largest U.S. retail deal to date , (2009)
- Fuji Medical Systems favorably settles medical x-ray film antitrust class action
- ICANN defends against Snapnames.com antitrust litigation over WLS domain name registration
- ICANN develops domain name registry system under direction of U.S. Dept. of Commerce
- ICANN prevails in antitrust lawsuit challenging settlement with VeriSign
- ICANN wins dismissal of VeriSign's antitrust claims related to operation of the ".com" internet registry
- ICANN wins Ninth Circuit appeal regarding WLS antitrust claims
- Macy's defends antitrust class actions involving pricing in cosmetics and perfumes
- Macy's wins jury verdict in antitrust group boycott litigation involving fine china tableware
- PepsiCo defends California vending products antitrust litigation
- Procter & Gamble obtains DOJ clearance to acquire Tambrands
- Procter & Gamble wins dismissal of California case by OTC medicine purchasers alleging false advertising and unfair competition
- R.J. Reynolds successfully defends California antitrust challenge to Master Settlement Agreement
- Ricoh defends wrongful termination and antitrust conspiracy suit
- Ricoh files antitrust counterclaim in copier toner bottle patent infringement litigation , (2009)
- Sutter ends antitrust challenge to exclusive contract between California Pacific and physician group
- Sutter Health defended in unfair pricing case
- TMC HealthCare defends antitrust claims relating to temporary nurse agencies
- TMC HealthCare defends temporary nurses' antitrust class action
West Practice Categories
Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, Disability, Elder Law, Food & Drug Administration, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, Litigation & Appeals, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Nursing Home, Patents, RICO Act, Social Security -- Disability, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
Education
- Duke University
- Northwestern University
Articles
Published Works
- Antitrust Alert: California Challenges Minimum Resale Price Maintenance as Per Se Illegal, 2010
- Antitrust Alert: Federal Court Provides New Guidance on Secret Payments Under California Unfair Practices Act, 2010
- The 'In re Tobacco II Cases' decision will invite litigants to seek 'remedies' for injuries that don’t even exist, Class Action Satisfaction? Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2009
- Antitrust Alert: California Supreme Court Expands Class Actions under Unfair Competition Law, 2009
- Antitrust Roundtable, a discussion of the impact on antitrust law of three cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, California Lawyer, 2006
- Ninth Circuit To Re-Examine Personal Jurisdiction Over Internet Sellers, 2004
- Hospital v. Hospital Lawsuits, 2001
- Antitrust in the Digital Age: Important or Irrelevant? coauthor, Intellectual Property Magazine, 1997
Office Information
Address
1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phones
1.650.687.4166 (Business Phone)
1.213.243.2572 (Other Phone)
Faxes
1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax)
1.213.243.2539 (Other Fax)
Emails
Contact Us (Business Email)
