DeBord, David L.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

David DeBord works on the defense of federal and state antitrust and consumer protection claims as well as on class actions. He represents domestic and foreign corporations in various manufacturing and service industries in matters relating to monopolization and attempted monopolization, price discrimination, price-fixing, the correlation between patent and antitrust issues, distribution, predatory pricing, tying, refusals to deal, and exclusive dealing. He also has experience in all aspects of fact and expert discovery, motions practice, and the settlement of complex, multijurisdictional litigation.

In addition to his litigation practice, David has assisted with the representation of several clients before the Federal Trade Commission, including merger investigations in the retail optical services industries.

David is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Litigation

Representative Cases

• Arctic Glacier defends packaged ice antitrust litigation
• Cabot defends carbon black antitrust litigation
• Cole National's acquisition by Luxottica receives FTC antitrust clearance
• Eastman Chemical resolves sorbates price-fixing litigation
• Experian wins appeal of California antitrust action filed by consumer credit report resellers , (2009)
• Interstate Diesel resolves action against Robert Bosch for breach of contract, fraud , (2009)
• Interstate Diesel resolves patent infringement action over electronic fuel injectors
• Parker Hannifin defends against nationwide products liability class action , (2009)
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco summary judgment against discount stores' antitrust suit is affirmed by Seventh Circuit , (2009)
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco summary judgment in Tennessee price discrimination case by cigarette wholesalers is affirmed by Sixth Circuit , (2009)
• Scott Fetzer gets antitrust counterclaims tossed in trademark infringement action
• Zimmer obtains dismissal of antitrust and RICO claims brought in Pennsylvania federal court

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

• Ohio

Education

• Ohio Wesleyan University
• Vanderbilt University

Published Works

• ABA Section Of Antitrust Law, Antitrust Law Developments, 6th ed. 2007, 2007

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7086 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com