
Carter C. SimpsonCarter C.Simpson
Partner, Antitrust
Carter Simpson is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Carter’s civil litigation practice focuses on antitrust, privacy and cybersecurity investigations and litigation.
With over a decade of experience in claims assessment, early and alternative dispute resolution, and high-stakes trial and appellate litigation, Carter advises and represents clients across a range of industries in civil and criminal antitrust investigations, merger challenges and cases involving antitrust, business torts, RICO, false advertising, deceptive trade practices, data breach, employment and intellectual property claims. She has particular experience in supply chain and data management disputes and in the technology and retail sectors.
A media organization, a major U.S. retailer and a financial services company against statutory privacy claims arising from alleged use of pixel and other data management technologies.
A Japanese manufacturer of electronic components against direct-action and class-action litigation concerning alleged price fixing and market allocation.
- Recommended for Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
Legal 500
- One to Watch, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
The Best Lawyers in America
"Recent Private Merger Challenges: Anomaly or Harbinger?", Antitrust, Co-author
2021
"Using Residual Class-Settlement Funds to Improve Access to Civil Justice," Fall 2016 Newsletter, YLD Committee on Civil Rights and Social Justice, American Bar Association
October 2016
"Exposing and Mitigating Implicit Biases in the Legal Profession," Spring 2016 Newsletter, YLD Committee on Civil Rights and Social Justice, American Bar Association
May 2016
"Magna Carta in 2015: The ABA Celebrates 800 Years of Individual Rights," Fall 2015 Newsletter, YLD Committee on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association
October 2015
"Hope-Fulfilling or Effectively Chilling? Reconciling the Hate Crimes Prevention Act with the First Amendment," 64 VAND. L. REV. 271
2011
- “Litigation Trends and Risk Management: VPPA, CIPA, and Other Class Claims,” Privacy + Security Forum – Spring Academy, SpeakerMAY 9, 2024
- Mass arbitration – from advantage to adversity?, Consumer Dispute Resolution, QuotedMARCH 27, 2024