Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Former FTC Director Richard Feinstein rejoins Boies Schiller, (Dec 4, 2013)

Antitrust litigator Richard A. Feinstein has rejoined Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP as a partner after serving four years as the Director of the FTC Bureau of Competition. Feinstein is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Feinstein has more than 36 years of experience in complex litigation, antitrust, and counseling. Prior to rejoining Boies Schiller, he directed the FTC’s antitrust enforcement activity at a time when approximately 80 enforcement actions were initiated in a wide variety of industries. Major matters included two victories in the U.S. Supreme Court involving pay-for-delay and state action, successful challenges to hospital mergers, and Intel and Google consent orders. Feinstein also participated in drafting and implementing the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines.

Prior to serving as Bureau Director, Feinstein was a partner in Boies Schiller’s Washington, D.C. office where he represented clients in a variety of civil antitrust matters and provided antitrust counseling. From 1998 to 2001, Feinstein served as an Assistant Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC, in charge of the Bureau’s Health Care Services and Products Division. The Division focused on antitrust enforcement in the health care industry, including anticompetitive conduct in the pharmaceutical industry.

Feinstein earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School and B.A.in American Studies from Yale University. Prior to private practice, Feinstein was a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and also served as Acting Deputy Director of the Division’s Office of Policy Planning and as Acting Assistant Chief of the Division’s Energy Section.

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is a national litigation firm with more than 200 attorneys located in 12 offices. Founded in 1997, the firm handles complex litigation in numerous areas, including antitrust, class actions, constitutional law, corporate, health care, intellectual property, product liability, and securities litigation.

Attorneys: Richard Feinstein (Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP)

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