AVH has earned an unsurpassed reputation in antitrust and trade regulation.  Our attorneys have handled some of the largest and most challenging matters in recent years, including the largest cash merger in U.S. history and a wide array of cutting-edge litigation and counseling matters.  AVH has one of the largest and most experienced antitrust practices in the United States, and we have been included in the Global Competition Review 100 in each of the past two years.

AVH's antitrust practice encompasses all aspects of antitrust and trade regulation issues.  AVH regularly litigates civil claims on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, and represents both U.S. and international clients.  We have significant experience in criminal antitrust investigations as well. 

AVH advises clients regarding the antitrust implications of all types of business combinations, including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.  AVH has an unsurpassed reputation for its ability to obtain antitrust clearance for mergers and acquisitions that raise significant competitive issues.

The firm has substantial experience in all aspects of state, federal and international antitrust and trade regulation compliance, including horizontal and vertical restraints of trade, monopolization, price discrimination, Hart-Scott-Rodino and international filing requirements, and civil and criminal investigations.

News

• AVH Obtains Antitrust Clearance for $1.775 Billion Combination of SunGard Higher Education and Datatel, Inc.
• AVH represents Google on issues raised by their $12.5 Billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility
• AVH Partner Michael Keeley Speaks To Reuters on NBA Antitrust Lawsuit
• AVH Partners Named New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
• AVH Partners Named to Super Lawyers Business Edition 2011
• AVH Partner Selected to The Best Lawyers in America 2012
• AVH Represents Omnicare Inc. in Proposed Acquisition of PharMerica Corp.
• AVH Partner John D. Harkrider named a 2011 Law360 "MVP"
• AVH Partner Named to DC Super Lawyers 2011
• AVH Partners Again Ranked by Chambers
• AVH's Antitrust Practice "Highly Recommended" in Global Competition Review Survey
• AVH Wins ICC Arbitration on Behalf of Major European Airframe Manufacturer
• AVH Represents Google in its $700 Million Acquisition of ITA
• AVH Lead Counsel to Bemis Corporation in its Successful $1.2 Billion Acquistion
• AVH Practice Groups, Attorneys Rank Highly in Chambers 2010 USA Release
• Super Lawyers Names AVH Attorneys - New York Metro 2010
• AVH Wins 7-0 Summary Judgment in Connecticut Supreme Court
• The International Legal Alliance Recognizes Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP as One of the Top Antitrust Firms in the U.S.
• AVH Recognized Among the Best Antitrust Practices in NY by Global Competition Review Magazine
• AVH Attorney Named Washington D.C. Super Lawyer 2010
• The Antitrust Review of the Americas
• Lauren Albert Comments on U.S. FTC Antitrust Action to Reuters News
• AVH Partners Named New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
• John Harkrider Discusses White House Announcement of Revised Antitrust Laws with The Wall Street Journal
• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Ranked Among Top New York Law Firms by Chambers USA
• Global Competition Review ranks AV&H's antitrust practice among best in New York
• John Harkrider Featured in Competition Law 360
• Chambers USA Ranks Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Among Top New York Law Firms
• Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Successfully Defeats the City of New York’s Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order Seeking to Enjoin the Affiliation Between Group Health Incorporated and the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York
• AVH Partners Named to New York Super Lawyers 2006 - Metro
• AVH Files Lawsuit to Compel Attorney General to Maintain the Confidentiality of Subpoenaed Materials
• AVH Obtains Antitrust Clearance for Rent-Way, Inc.'s $567 Million Acquisition by Rent-A-Center
• AVH Successfully Concludes Foreign Auction Bid Rigging Case
• AVH Obtains Antitrust Clearance for Omnicare's Acquisition of Rival Neighborcare
• AVH Wins Antitrust Clearance for Movie Gallery's Acquisition of Hollywood Video
• John D. Harkrider Speaks at Milton Handler Annual Antitrust Review
• Senior Partner Steve Axinn Named in Chambers USA 2005 Client’s Guide
• AVH Counsels BellSouth and Cingular in Acquisition of AT&T Wireless
• Global Competition Review Names AV&H in Top 100 firms in Annual Survey
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Articles & Newsletters

• Durbin Amendment Rules To Pare "Anticompetitive" Debit Card Interchange Fees
• Patent Misuse: The Questions That Linger Post-Princo
• Obama: The First Year
• FTC Issues Authorized Generics Report
• Head of the DOJ's Antitrust Division Outlines the Agencies' Plans to Reinvigorate Antitrust Enforcement
• Lessons from the Great Depression
• Authorized Generics: Consumer Friend or Foe?
• FTC Wins Significant D.C. Circuit Reversal in Whole Foods/Wild Oats Merger Challenge
• Antitrust Enforcement During the Bush Administration
• Supreme Court Overturns Century-Old Precedent; Allows Rule of Reason Treatment for Minimum Resale-Price-Maintenance Agreements
• FTC Rules That Deception Regarding Patents During Standard Setting Process Violates Antitrust Laws
• Antitrust's New Big Brother: Feds Can Now Wiretap Suspected Offenders
• Department of Justice Approves Whirlpool-Maytag Merger
• FTC and DOJ Issue Joint Commentary on the Horizontal Merger Guidelines
• FTC Obtains Unprecedented Antitrust Settlement for Alleged "Invitation to Collude" in Quarterly Analyst Conference Call
• Congress Allows Federal Investigators to Wiretap Suspected Antitrust Offenders
• Exporting Antitrust Law to China
• Supreme Court Rejects Robinson-Patman Liability for Sporadic Price Discrimination
• Rethinking Second Requests
• Justice Department Challenges Information Exchange Concerning Contract Clauses
• "Schering" Overruled: Risk of Settling Patent Suits Reduced?
• FTC Challenges Merger Party's Claim of Second Request Compliance; Seeks Court Order Extending the Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period
• Eleventh Circuit Overrules FTC’s Schering-Plough Decision, Possibly Reducing Antitrust Risk of Settling Patent Disputes
• Proving Anticompetitive Impact: Moving Past Merger Guidelines Presumptions
• Class Action Reaction: Ameded Rule 23 Enhances Judicial Supervision in Class Litigation
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