Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Blumenfeld Joins Lowenstein Sandler as Chair of Antitrust Practice, (Jun 17, 2013)

Jeffrey Blumenfeld has joined Lowenstein Sandler LLP as chair of its Antitrust & Trade Regulation practice group, focusing on antitrust litigation and counseling, according to a recent announcement. He also is a member of Lowenstein’s Tech Group, where he will actively counsel the firm’s clients and their investors on competition issues facing technology companies, particularly at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property.

Blumenfeld has counseled companies in every new technology area, from the first significant competition battles in telephony, through wireless, broadband, and the Internet, the firm stated. He has been involved in many startup and early-stage venture-backed companies as both outside and in-house general counsel. Prior to entering private practice, Blumenfeld held several positions in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, most notably as one of the lead attorneys trying U.S. v. AT&T (the divestiture case) and in post-divestiture litigation.

He has significant experience litigating a wide variety of complex matters, including civil and criminal antitrust cases, having represented plaintiffs and defendants in monopolization lawsuits, mergers and acquisitions, and criminal price-fixing investigations and trials.

After leaving government, Blumenfeld co-founded the law firm of Blumenfeld & Cohen, which provided competition and policy advocacy to technology companies for nearly two decades. Immediately prior to joining Lowenstein Sandler, he was a partner with Crowell & Moring in Washington, D.C.

While working out of Lowenstein Sandler’s New York office, he will spend considerable time in Washington, D.C. He will work closely with the firm’s senior management team to explore the potential for Lowenstein Sandler to expand its platform with an office in the nation’s capital. Blumenfeld is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Lowenstein Sandler is a leading provider of transactional, litigation, and bankruptcy and creditors’ rights services to many of the country’s top companies and funds. It has nearly 300 lawyers in its New York, New Jersey, and California offices

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