Lauren S. Albert

Partner

Lauren Albert’s practice ranges from complex commercial litigation, including intellectual property and antitrust, to antitrust merger reviews, government investigations, and counseling.

Litigations include representing:  Actavis Pharmaceutical in trade dress ligitation brought by Johnson & Johnson; Group Health Inc. in successfully defeating the City of New York's request for a Temporary Restraining Order enjoining its merger with Health Insurance Plan of New York; Reading International, City Cinemas and Village East Limited Partnership in their litigation against a number of movie distributors and exhibitors in the Southern District of New York alleging violations of the Sherman Act based on their conduct in refusing to license top films to plaintiffs; Purepac Pharmaceutical Co. in its successful action against the F.D.A. in the District Court in the District of Columbia to obtain a temporary restraining order to enjoin approval of a generic drug; Vantico Holdings in its litigation in the Southern District of New York to prevent Apollo Advisors’ hostile takeover of Vantico; Petra Stelling in her successful recovery in a fraud and contract action against the Chairman of Emerson Radio in District Court in New Jersey; The Stanley Works in defense of a patent infringement action brought by Therma-Tru Corporation; the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York in winning a jury verdict in its defense of a contract and fraud action in the Southern District of New York brought by Insurance Alliances Group; U.S. Surgical in defense of a patent action; and the National Basketball Association in its defense of an action brought by Chicago Professional Sports Limited and the Chicago Bulls Basketball team for violation of the Sherman Act in the Northern District of Illinois.

Recent mergers include representing BellSouth in its merger with AT&T, GameStop Corp. in its acquisition of Electronics Boutique, MovieGallery in its acquisition of Hollywood Video, and BellSouth and Cingular in their acquisition of AT&T Wireless.

Ms. Albert has an active practice counseling clients in distribution, pricing and other Sherman and Robinson-Patman Act issues as well as Hart-Scott-Rodino compliance. She also advises trade associations on compliance with the Sherman Act.

Chambers USA 2007 listed Ms. Albert as among the leading antitrust lawyers in New York.

Bar & Court Admissions

• New York
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan

Education

• George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1988 J.D. Honors: With Honors; Member, George Washington Law Review; Member, Moot Court Board.
• King's College, University of London School of Law, London, England, 2002; Diploma in EC Competition Law.
• Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1985 B.A. Honors: Magna Cum Laude.

Publications

• Rethinking Second Requests, The Deal, September 26, 2005
• Antitrust Law - Women Seek Power in Numbers, 88 Women Law. J. 11, 2003
• Non-Reportable Smaller Deals May Present Greater Risks, Costs Than Big-Ticket Deals That Must Be Reported to FTC, DOJ, 18 BNA Corp. Couns. Wkly. 280, 2003
• U.S. Supreme Court Again Clarifies the Power of Arbitrators, 229 N.Y.L.J. 4, 2003
• Co-Editor, Handbook on the Antitrust Aspects of Standards Setting, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section 2004
• Contributor, Antitrust Law Developments (Second, Third and update to Third), American Bar Association's Antitrust Law Section
• Contributor to Mergers and Acquisitions: The Monthly Tax Journal

Seminars & Classes

• Speaker at the Intellectual Property Committee panel at the ABA Antitrust Section's 2006 Annual Spring Meeting on the topic "The Tension Between Market Definition in a Patent Infringement Damages Claim and an Antitrust Counterclaim"
• Speaker, Practicing Law Institute, National CLE Conference, ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meetings, and The Berkeley Conference on Antitrust in the Technology Economy

Professional Activities

• Founder and Chair, New York Women Antitrust Lawyers Group
• Vice-Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, ABA Antitrust Section
• Executive Committee, New York State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section
• Member of the Lawyers' Division of the Anti-Defamation League's New York Region