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Morris Bloom, Counsel at the firm, principally works with the  antitrust group, where he focuses on mergers, antitrust litigation, government investigations, and counseling. 

From 1998 to 2011, Mr. Bloom was a manager in the FTC’s Merger II Division, where he supervised a 25 attorney group responsible for investigating and litigating mergers and non-merger matters in a wide range of industries, including high technology and computer hardware and software, recorded music, chemical, automotive, coal, and intermediate and consumer goods and services.   Mr. Bloom was a staff attorney at the FTC from 1985 to 1998, where he led investigations and worked on trial teams.       

Over the course of his 25 year career at the Commission, Mr. Bloom participated in several federal district court preliminary injunctions and HSR enforcement actions, and Part 3 administrative litigations, Mr. Bloom also has participated in providing technical assistance to antitrust agencies in China and Peru.  Upon his retirement from the FTC , Mr. Bloom received the FTC’s Award for Distinguished Service for dedicated service to all facets of the FTC’s antitrust enforcement efforts, excellence in leading investigations,  advocating the FTC’s position in litigation, and supervising and mentoring younger attorneys.

Representative Matters

District court preliminary injunction litigations – FTC v. CCC Holdings; FTC v. Arch Coal; FTC v.Libbey; FTC v. BAT Industries; FTC v. Owens Illinois

Commission Part 3 litigations – Polypore International; Chicago Bridge and Iron; Owens Illinois; Detroit Auto Dealers

District court HSR 7(a) proceedings –FTC v. Blockbuster; U.S. v. Farley; U.S. v. Mahle

Consents – Bayer/Aventis; Dow-Rohm & Haas; Dow/Union Carbide; Ciba/Sandoz; Mahle/Metal Leve; Dow/Setranchem; Cadence/CCT; LaFarge/Blue Circle; FMC/Solutia; Rhodia/Albright & Wilson; CSC/Mynd

Other Significant Mergers - HP/Compaq; Blockbuster/Hollywood; Sony/BMG; Barnes & Noble/Ingram; Cadence-Mentor Graphics; Time Warner/EMI;; Pepsi/Quaker

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Tennessee

Articles & Newsletters

Note 15 U. Mem. L. Rev. 239 (1985) “Alliterative Illegalities in Antitrust Law: Contract, Combination and Conspiracy

Seminars & Classes

• Technical Assistance Program for Peru Antitrust Agency (Indecopi) . Lima, Peru -- April 2010
• Columbia Law School State Attorneys General Program “Antitrust Federalism: Enhancing Federal/State Cooperation” – October 7, 2009;
• Technical Assistance Program for China’s Ministry of Commerce Anti-Monopoly Bureau (MOFCOM), Beijing, China – June 2009
• ABA Spring Meetings “Litigating a Merger Case” – April 2003
• D.C. Bar Brown Bag, “Merger Enforcement in the Computer Industry” - April 2002

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association, Antitrust Section