Professional Activities
American Bar Association
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Legal 500 US, Antitrust - Civil litigation/class action - defense, 2020
The Legal 500 US, Antitrust - Civil litigation/class action - plaintiff, 2019
Chambers USA, antitrust law, (Pennsylvania), 2018-2020; "Up and Coming," antitrust law, 2016-2017
Named to Philadelphia Business Journal's 2013 "40 Under 40" list, in recognition of professional excellence and outstanding community involvement
Recipient, Ballard Spahr's 2011 Alan J. Davis Award, given to a member of the firm who demonstrates exemplary legal representation in a matter involving the public good, for his work as part of the Ballard Spahr Asylum Initiative
Recipient, The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly's 2010 "Lawyers on the Fast Track" award, given to select young Pennsylvania lawyers whose achievements have distinguished them among their peers
Recipient, Ballard Spahr's inaugural Alan J. Davis Award in 2008, for his success in helping a deaf woman from Guinea obtain asylum
Recipient, Pennsylvania Bar Association 2008 Pro Bono Award, in recognition of all of his pro bono work
Publications
Author, “Motions to Dismiss in Antitrust Suits: Strategies for Raising the Motion,” Lexis Practice Advisor, 2019
Contributing author, "ABA Indirect Purchaser Litigation Handbook (2d Ed. 2016)," Chapters on Class Action Assertion of Indirect Purchaser Claims and Indirect Purchaser Settlements
Co-author, "FTC Scores Another Victory in FTC v. Advocate Health Care Network," Ballard Spahr alert, November 1, 2016
Co-author, "FTC and DOJ Release Antitrust Guidance for HR Professionals," Ballard Spahr alert, October 21, 2016
Co-author, "FTC Wins Key Appellate Victory in FTC v. Penn State Hershey Medical Center," Ballard Spahr alert, September 27, 2016
Co-author, "FTC's Hospital Merger Enforcement Hangs in the Balance," Law360, June 16, 2016
Co-author, "FTC Finally Loses a Hospital Merger Challenge... Now What?," Ballard Spahr alert, May 11, 2016
Co-author, "2 Assumptions Shape 3rd Circ. Reverse Payment Case," Law360, November 20, 2014
Co-author, "Reverse Payment Realities: Challenging Pervasive Assumptions Underlying Calls for Broad Antitrust Scrutiny of Patent Infringement Settlements," Bloomberg BNA Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report, November 14, 2014
Co-author, "Court Endorses FTC Authority To Require Special Reporting for Pharmaceutical Licenses," Ballard Spahr alert, June 4, 2014
Co-author, "Proposed Changes to Civil Rules Could Limit Scope of eDiscovery," Ballard Spahr alert, May 1, 2014
Co-author, "HSR Act Allows Pharmaceutical Licensing Transactions To Be Subject to Unique Reporting Requirements, FTC Tells Court," Ballard Spahr alert, March 13, 2014
Co-author, "Pennsylvania Continues Trend of Stricter Review of Experts in Product Liability and Toxic Tort Cases," Ballard Spahr alert, December 16, 2013
Co-author, "FTC Issues Premerger Notification Review Changes for Pharmaceutical Patent License Transfers," Ballard Spahr alert, November 7, 2013
Co-author, "Little Guidance for Lower Courts in FTC v. Actavis," Today's General Counsel, August/September 2013
Co-author, "Cy Pres Permitted in Class Action Settlements but Makes Approval More Difficult, Third Circuit Holds," Ballard Spahr alert, February 21, 2013
Co-author, "Supreme Court Hands FTC Victory on State Action Immunity," Ballard Spahr alert, February 21, 2013
Co-author, "Price-Cost Test Does Not Apply in Exclusive Dealing Cases Where Pricing Is Not the Exclusionary Tool, Third Circuit Holds, While Circumscribing Prior Holding in LePage's," Ballard Spahr alert, October 3, 2012
Co-author, "DOJ and FTC Announce Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations," Ballard Spahr alert, November 1, 2011
Co-author, "Buyer (and Seller) Beware: Changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Requirements Critical to M&As," Ballard Spahr alert, August 16, 2011
Co-author, "DOJ and FTC Issue New Guidelines for Review of Mergers and Acquisitions," Ballard Spahr alert, August 20, 2010
Co-author, "Justice Department Announcement of $12 Million Settlement Signals Renewed Antitrust Scrutiny on Energy Markets," Ballard Spahr alert, February 23, 2010
Co-author, "Unjust Enrichment: Unjust, Indeed," Law360, December 8, 2008
Co-author, "Update: Court Grants Class Action Status in Nurses' Wage-Fixing Case," Ballard Spahr alert, August 7, 2008
Speaking Engagements
Speaker, "The Trouble With Trebles," Ballard Spahr CLE Program, October 16, 2018
Speaker, "Everyday Antitrust Issues: You Don't Know What You Don't Know," Ballard Spahr CLE Program, October 12, 2017
Presenter,"Municipal Recovery under the Antitrust Laws," PMAA Solicitor Day, August 29, 2016
"Let's Make A Deal – Public and Private Antitrust Challenges to Health Care Combinations," Ballard Spahr webinar, May 10, 2016
Presenter, "Municipal Recovery Under the Antitrust Laws," African American Mayors Association, Annual Conference 2016
Panelist, "Back to the Future: A CLE Focused on Antitrust Basics, the Evolution of Antitrust Law, and Ethical Pitfalls," Ballard Spahr CLE Program, November 16, 2015
"How the Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Will Affect Discovery," Ballard Spahr CLE program, live in Philadelphia and via webinar, June 25, 2014
Panelist, "The New Antitrust Paradigm: Increased Enforcement and Opportunity," DELVACCA Health Biotech & Pharma CLE Institute, King of Prussia, Pa., June 5, 2014
"Hot Topics in Health Care: Navigating the Pitfalls and Minimizing the Risks of Consolidation and Coordination," Ballard Spahr CLE program, March 19, 2014
"Antitrust Challenges to Patent Settlements after FTC v. Actavis," Ballard Spahr webinar, June 25, 2013
Panelist, "Deal Making under the Microscope," DELVACCA In-House Counsel Conference, Philadelphia, April 23, 2013
"Antitrust Briefing – A Look at Current Litigation and Enforcement Trends," Ballard Spahr CLE, Philadelphia, July 18, 2012
"Managing Discovery, ESI, and Privilege Issues in an Antitrust Context," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Basics of Antitrust Law" CLE, Philadelphia, February 22, 2010
Panelist, "Electronic Discovery – Taking Stock and Moving Forward," Ballard Spahr CLE, December 17, 2009
"Antitrust Law and the New Administration: Preparing for Increased Scrutiny and Reinvigorated Enforcement," Ballard Spahr CLE, December 9, 2009
"A Primer on Competition Law in the Oil and Gas Industry," Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, December 8, 2009
"Electronic Discovery in Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Discovery: Where Most Cases Are Won or Lost" CLE, Philadelphia, November 6, 2009; and Pittsburgh, October 28, 2009
"New Mood in Antitrust: Antitrust Law and the New Administration," Ballard Spahr CLE, June 16, 2009
Community Activities
Leadership Philadelphia Core Program, 2011-2012
Host Committee, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 75th Anniversary Dinner, 2015
Board Memberships
Community Legal Services, Vice President
Philadelphia Legal Assistance, Vice President