Antitrust

Hecker Fink represents clients in complex, high-stakes antitrust matters across a range of industries, including media and entertainment, financial services, healthcare, and professional sports. We represent corporations, boards, private equity firms, and senior executives in civil class actions, competitor disputes, and government investigations alleging collusion, monopolization, unlawful restraints of trade, labor market restrictions, and benchmark manipulation.

Our practice spans both criminal and civil antitrust enforcement. We regularly represent clients in investigations and prosecutions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, state attorneys general, and other enforcement authorities, while simultaneously defending parallel civil litigation and class actions. We are experienced in cross-border strategy, conducting internal investigations, coordinating regulatory exposure, and litigating matters through motion practice and trial.

Partner Damaris Hernández is recognized by Lawdragon among its “500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers.”

Representative Antitrust Matters*

• Representation of a professional golf league in connection with government antitrust investigations and related litigation.
• Representation of Tiger Woods in an antitrust action filed in Florida state court, resulting in dismissal.
• Representation of executives and companies in criminal antitrust investigations involving the tuna industry, CLO market, labor and wage-fixing allegations, FX market manipulation, bid-rigging allegations, and benchmark-related inquiries.
• Representation of multiple professional golfers who had been subpoenaed as third-party witnesses in connection with civil lawsuits against the PGA Tour alleging violations of antitrust law.
• Representation of executives in civil antitrust litigation involving the payments industry, and labor and wage-fixing allegations in the healthcare and aerospace/defense industries.
• Representation of a major media and entertainment company in litigation challenging a proposed sports-streaming joint venture.
• Representation of a global financial institution in multidistrict class and individual actions alleging collusion to restrict competition in complex financial markets.
• Representation of a leading payments company in nationwide antitrust class actions alleging conspiracy among card issuers.
• Representation of a multinational biopharmaceutical company in monopolization and reverse-payment litigation.

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Hecker Fink.