Matthew Chou

At the U.S. Department of Justice

United States v. China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd., et al. (N.D. Cal.) – Led the investigation and prosecution of four of the world’s largest shipping-container manufacturers and seven of their executives, charging them with a global conspiracy affecting billions of dollars of commerce. The case is pending, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
United States v. Apple Inc. (D.N.J.) – Shaped the complaint charging Apple with unlawfully monopolized smartphone markets and litigated interagency discovery.
United States v. Lopez (D. Nev.) – Prosecuted a healthcare executive for fixing the wages of home healthcare nurses, resulting in the first jury conviction for labor-market collusion under the Sherman Act.
In re Deere & Company Repair Services Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill., MDL No. 3030) – Briefed and argued, in a multidistrict litigation, the United States’ first statement of interest on the right to repair.
United States v. Tomlinson, et al. (D. Idaho) – Prosecuted, as part of a court-authorized wiretap investigation, bid-rigging and territorial allocation of wildfire-fighting services. Secured one of the few criminal monopolization convictions in more than four decades.
United States v. Andrade (N.D. Cal.) – Delivered closing argument and cross-examined the defense’s software-engineering expert in a five-week jury trial that resulted in the conviction of a CEO who had conspired with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and concluded the first-ever criminal case under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Led the investigation of a multibillion-dollar merger in the AI industry.

Recipient of three Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney General’s Awards of Distinction
U.S. Department of Justice

“Agency Interpretations of Executive Orders,” Administrative Law Review, Author (2019)

Member, Judiciary Committee
Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (2023–present)

“The DOJ’s Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program,” Federal Bar Association, Qui Tam Section, Panelist (Sept. 9, 2026)
“The Path to Antitrust,” California Lawyers Association, Panelist (Nov. 29, 2023)

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“Agency Interpretations of Executive Orders,” Administrative Law Review, Author (2019)

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