Kegler Brown represents business clients in disputes relating to all aspects of the laws governing business competition. From civil litigation, including class actions, to criminal prosecution or investigations involving federal or state enforcement authorities, we have experienced attorneys with the expertise to represent you in these matters.
Our Services
- Civil antitrust litigation defense: including traditional cases, as well as class actions, involving accusations of price-fixing, bid-rigging, territorial allocation, monopolization, unlawful pricing, and unlawful collaboration with competitors
- Criminal antitrust investigations: including the representation of individuals and corporations prosecuted by state or federal enforcement authorities
- Non-competition agreement enforcement: enforcement of employment agreements, including protection of confidential information and trade secrets; enforcement of restrictions regarding post-employment competition; prevention of the solicitation of customers and employees
- Non-competition agreement defense: defense of employees faced with unreasonable non-competition restrictions or allegations of the misappropriation of confidential information or trade secrets
- Litigation challenging anti-competitive conduct: asserting claims on behalf of businesses that are victims of anti-competitive business conduct
Our Clients
We represent companies of all sizes that have either been accused of, or are victims of, unlawful anti-competitive business conduct, including clients who have a significant market share in their geographic region and product market. Our clients typically include commodity businesses, product manufacturers and resellers, and service-oriented businesses.
Kegler Brown has a history highlighted by successfully defending clients in antitrust and trade regulation litigation. This experience includes representing some of the best-known brands in the U.S., including:
- defending one of the largest producers of food and dairy products in the U.S. in price-fixing and customer allocation litigation brought by the Ohio Attorney General’s office;
- representing one of the largest supermarket chains in the Midwest against supplier antitrust claims regarding exclusivity;
- defending a privately owned global franchisor of animals and pet-related products against antitrust claims related to required supplier arrangements and marketing programs; and
- representing one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the world in antitrust claims related to the resale of credit information.
