Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, AGENCY NEWS: Veteran antitrust litigators join FTC Bureau of Competition, (Dec 4, 2014)

Effective December 15, the Federal Trade Commission will be adding David Laing and Tara Reinhart, two experienced antitrust litigators, to its Bureau of Competition, Bureau Director Deborah L. Feinstein has announced. They will report directly to Director Feinstein and Deputy Director Steve Weissman.

Laing, with 25 years of antitrust experience, moves from the Antitrust Group of Crowell & Moring. Previously, he spent several years at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division in the Lit 1 Section, and has served as a Special Assistant U.S. attorney in multiple districts. Laing has worked on numerous merger matters, including litigation at the Antitrust Division and investigations and litigation with the Commission, the Antitrust Division, and state and foreign antitrust agencies in private practice. He has worked on both civil and criminal antitrust litigation, including more than 40 grand jury investigations. Laing is a graduate of the University of Virginia and University of North Carolina School of Law.

With 20 years of antitrust experience, Reinhart joins the FTC from the Antitrust and Competition group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She has handled large litigation in a number of major industries, including telecommunications (merger challenge); transportation (multi-district price-fixing claims); and pharmaceuticals (monopolization claims). She has represented corporate entities and individuals in dozens of criminal and civil investigations by the DOJ, the FTC, and state attorneys general, including merger and conduct matters, criminal fraud and RICO matters, and criminal antitrust matters, covering industries such as industrial chemicals, health care, transportation, and auto parts. Reinhart is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University.

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