Litigation/Investigations

• A prominent medical device manufacturer in three cases alleging monopolization 
• A class of consumer packaged goods companies in an antitrust case against the major provider of in-store promotions and free-standing insert coupons (settled for $250 million)
• A leader agribusiness company in claims brought by a large competitor relating to trade secrets and employment mobility
• A leading global transportation company in a grand jury investigation into price fixing/bid rigging in government procurement
• An investment education provider in an FTC investigation
• A social gaming company in a putative class action brought under consumer protection laws 

Representative Transactions

• A&E Medical in its sale to Zimmer Biomet
• Saba Software in its sale to Cornerstone OnDemand
• GI Partners in the acquisition and merger of California Cryobank and Cord Blood Registry
• David H. Murdock and Dole Food Company in the sale of a 45% stake to Total Produce
• Netsmart in its acquisition of the home care/hospice business of Change Healthcare
• Gannett Co., Inc. in connection with antitrust review of its merger with Belo Corp., a leading broadcast television company, valued at approximately $2.2 billion
• Jack Cooper Holdings Corp. in the antitrust review of its acquisition of competitor Allied Systems Holdings
• David H. Murdock in the international antitrust review of his historic second take private acquisition of Dole Food Company, Inc. for $1.6 billion
• Shuanghui International Holdings Limited, China's largest meat manufacturer, in the worldwide antitrust review of its acquisition of Smithfield Foods, Inc., a cash merger valued at $7.1 billion
• MetroPCS in the antitrust review of its reverse merger with T-Mobile USA, valued at $10+ billion
• Franchise Services of North America before the FTC as purchaser of divestiture assets in the Hertz-Dollar Thrifty transaction (Merger Control Matter of the Year—Americas at the Global Competition Review Awards 2013)
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in the international antitrust review of the sale of its hard disk drive business to Seagate for approximately $1.4 billion (Matter of the Year at the Global Competition Review Awards 2012)

• FTC Hearing #8: Common Ownership, Competition Policy International (Jan. 2, 2019)
• Michael Wise and Noah Pinegar, Tronox, Cristal Merger Review Underscores Need for Reform, Competition Law360 (Sept. 26, 2018)
• Scott Hataway, Michael Wise, Noah Pinegar, and Sabin Chung, U.S. Merger Control in the High-Technology Sector, The Merger Control Review 9th (Sept. 2018)
• Speaker, Significant Antitrust Issues for Healthcare & Pharma: What Lies Ahead in 2018 & Beyond, The Knowledge Group (Webcast, Apr. 19, 2018)

• Member of the District of Columbia Bar, the State Bar of Texas, and the ABA Section of Antitrust Law
• Editorial Board of the Quick Look, a publication of the Joint Conduct Committee of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law