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 Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Litigation

Representative Cases

• Berry, et al. v. Titeflex, et. al., No. CV-2004-211, Clark County Circuit Court
• In re Carbon Black Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1543, 2005 WL 102966, 2005 WL 2323184 (D. Mass.)
• In re Packaged Ice Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1952 (E.D. Mich.)
• Interstate Diesel Service, Inc., et al. v. Kurz-Kasch, Inc. and Robert Bosch GmbH, Case No. CV0557701, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Premium Tobacco Stores, No. 99 C 1174, 2005 WL 293512 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 15, 2004), aff'd, 462 F.3d 690 (7th Cir. 2006), cert. denied, No. 06-848, 2007 U.S. LEXIS 2142 (Feb. 20, 2007)
• Robert Bosch GmbH v. Interstate Diesel Service, Inc., Case No. 1:05-cv-2376 (N.D. Ohio)
• Smith Wholesale Co. v. H.T. Hackney Corp. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. C10050, Carter County Circuit Court
• Smith Wholesale Co. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 65-6053, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 4254 (6th Cir. Feb. 27, 2007)
• The Scott Fetzer Company v. Steponavicius et al, Case No. 1:07-cv-00870-CAB (N.D. Ohio)
• Luxottica Merger
• 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

• Ohio

Education

• 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