Michael F. MurrayMichael F.Murray

GTCR in its $24.25 billion sale of Worldpay, a global leader in merchant acquiring and payments processing, to Global Payments.

Caithness Energy, privately held independent power producer, in its sale of its Moxie Freedom Energy Center in Pennsylvania and Caithness Energy and BlackRock’s Guernsey Power Station in Ohio to Talen Energy Corporation, a leading independent power producer, for $3.8 billion.

Manufacturer of industrial products in merger investigation.

Software company in merger investigation.

Initiated novel Section 2 merger challenge in the financial services industry involving one of largest companies in the United States and a nascent competitor.*

Litigated Section 7 merger challenge in the transportation technology industry from investigation through appeal.*

Supervised first-ever live-witness Tunney Act hearing regarding merger consent decree, involving large pharmacy and insurance companies in healthcare industry.*

Argued appeal of most significant vertical merger in past several decades in D.C. Circuit.*

Fox Corporation in antitrust litigation brought by Newsmax in the Southern District of Florida and the Western District of Wisconsin over alleged monopolization.

SAP in antitrust litigation brought by Celonis in the Northern District of California over alleged monopolization.

Sunbelt Rentals in multidistrict class-action litigation consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois over alleged agreements regarding the price of rental equipment.

Guild Mortgage in antitrust litigation in the Middle District of Tennessee over the alleged use of Optimal Blue software.

Secured summary judgment for Align Technology, the maker of Invisalign, in a series of class actions alleging monopolization of multiple product markets through the use of alleged refusals to deal, discount programs and bundling of goods and services. Following class certification in November 2023, the Paul Hastings team secured summary judgement in both cases, a complete win for our client. Paul Hastings was recognized as a “runner up” for The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week.

Secured dismissal of CA Student Living, a real estate company, in the defense of multidistrict antirust class-action lawsuits alleging that CA Student Living conspired to fix prices through the use of algorithmic revenue optimization software.

Realtek Semiconductor in litigation over alleged monopolization and attempted monopolization with respect to the use of intellectual property, including Federal Circuit appeal.

CACI in antitrust litigation over alleged agreements regarding market allocation of naval engineers.

Secured dismissal of Mustang Pipeline, a joint venture of Exxon and Enbridge, from antitrust litigation involving alleged monopolization.

NHK in series of class actions involving alleged price-fixing, including Ninth Circuit appeal.

Biotechnology company bluebird in defense of antitrust and RICO claims over development of FDA-approved drug.

Green Plains in litigation at intersection of antitrust, employment and labor.

Numerous leading technology, financial services and industrial companies in third-party merger litigation.

Numerous software, financial services, fintech, medical device, life sciences and other companies in confidential conduct investigations before federal agencies.

Multiple trade associations in variety of antitrust matters.

Major medical device company in litigation at intersection of antitrust and intellectual property.

Major pharmaceutical company in antitrust investigation.

Major pharmaceutical company in global risk assessment of business structure.

Financial services company before government agencies.

Fintech company in antitrust investigation.

Entertainment company in government investigation.

Multiple entertainment and telecommunications companies in design and implementation of compliance systems and policies.

Oversaw largest consent decree enforcement in the past twenty years, involving major players in media and entertainment industry.*

Served as highest-ranking Antitrust Division official in technology investigations, which culminated in landmark Section 2 monopolization lawsuit.*

Argued appeal of most significant monopolization case in past several decades in Ninth Circuit.*

Lead counsel for trade association Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s amendments to Regulation Z regarding credit card late fees, resulting in preliminary injunction and novel appellate proceedings, including multiple successful mandamus petitions in the Fifth Circuit. This matter won The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week Runner-Up and Law360’s Legal Lion of the Week runner-up.

Co-lead counsel for trade association CCST in successful challenge to multiple rulemakings by U.S. Department of Education, resulting in nationwide preliminary injunction and successful Fifth Circuit appeal.

Lead counsel for healthcare trade association challenging Colorado regulatory regime on constitutional grounds, including Tenth Circuit appeal.

Appellate counsel for NHK in antitrust appeal in class actions involving FTAIA.

Appellate counsel for Realtek in Federal Circuit appeal.

Argued appeal of most significant vertical merger in past several decades in D.C. Circuit.*

Argued appeal of most significant monopolization case in past several decades in Ninth Circuit.*

Argued appeal of largest healthcare fraud sentence in nation’s history.*

Led Federal Circuit en banc briefing on Section 101 patent eligibility issues.*

Led DOJ team successfully defending neutrality rules (Mozilla Corp. v. FCC, D.C. Circuit).*