Lauren Albert co-chairs AVH's Litigation and Regulatory Group.  Her practice ranges from complex commercial litigation, including intellectual property and antitrust, to antitrust merger reviews, government investigations, and counseling.

Litigations include representing: Fossil Inc., Macy’s and other retailers in a patent/trademark infringement case; Actavis Pharmaceutical in trade dress litigation brought by Johnson & Johnson; Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in obtaining dismissal of a false labeling case; DataCapture Solutions in an antitrust/Lanham Act matter; Group Health Inc. in successfully defeating the City of New York’s efforts to enjoin its merger with Health Insurance Plan of New York; Reading International, City Cinemas and Village East Limited Partnership in an antitrust litigation against a number of movie distributors and exhibitors; 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; Petra Selling in her successful recovery in a fraud and contract action against the Chairman of Emerson Radio; and The Stanley Works in defense of a patent infringement action brought by Therma-Tru Corporation.

Recent mergers include representing Bemis in its acquisition of the Food Americas’ Assets of Alcan, 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.

Chambers USA 2006-2010 listed Ms. Albert as among the leading antitrust lawyers in New York.

Bar Admissions

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

Articles & Newsletters

• Smart Pill: When Private Labels Need a Closer Look, IP Law & Business, June 2009
• 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 

Speaking Engagements & Seminars

Professional Activities

• Chair, Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Committee
• Founder and Chair, New York Women Antitrust Lawyers Group
• Member, ABA's Section of Antitrust Law
• Volunteer, The Good Dog Foundation