Antitrust and Trade Regulation

The attorneys at Cooke Clancy & Gruenthal LLP have both government and private practice experience in counseling business and individual clients concerning rights and obligations under the federal and state antitrust laws, as well as other trade-related laws governing franchise and distributor relationships, non-competition issues, and statutory and common law unfair competition matters.  The firm assists its clients to understand the antitrust implications of various distribution and pricing practices, the relationship between intellectual property rights and competition laws, and the potential legal implications of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, partnership and trade association arrangements between actual or potential competitors, or suppliers and buyers.  In addition, the firm’s attorneys have represented clients in connection with investigations by state and federal government antitrust enforcers, both where the client was the focus of the investigations as well as a complaining or cooperating witness seeking to ensure that markets remain open to free and fair competition.

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