Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1989, member, Temple Law Review
- Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A., 1983, American history
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
Clerkships
- Hon. Joseph H. Rodriguez, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1989-1990
- Speaker, “International Transactions,” Annual Antitrust CLE Event, December 5, 2024.
- Speaker, “Labor and Employment Global Discussion on Non-Competes,” LexMundi, November 20, 2024.
- Speaker, “Hot Topics in Mergers & Acquisitions,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE, May 24, 2024.
- Speaker, “International Competition Law – Transactions,” Troutman Pepper Annual Antitrust CLE Event, December 13, 2023.
- Speaker, “International Competition Law – Transactions,” Troutman Pepper Annual Antitrust CLE Event, December 6, 2022.
- Speaker, “Cross Border Transactions & Considerations,” Troutman Pepper, September 29, 2021.
- Co-author, “FTC Takes Aim at Noncompete Agreements in the Health Care Sector,” Troutman Pepper Locke, September 11, 2025.
- Co-author, “FTC Stakes Out Its Position on Worker Noncompetes,” Troutman Pepper Locke, September 9, 2025.
- Co-author, “DOJ Antitrust Division AAG Slater Announces “Comply With Care” Task Force,” Troutman Pepper Locke, September 3, 2025.
- Co-author, “Second FTC and DOJ Listening Session Focuses on Formulary and Benefit Practices and Regulatory Abuse in the Pharmaceutical Industry,” Troutman Pepper Locke, July 28, 2025.
- Co-author, “State Antitrust Enforcement Keeps Private Equity Investment in Health Care in the Cross-Hairs,” Reuters, July 15, 2025.
- Co-author, “Biotech Collaborations Can Ease Uncertainty Amid FDA Shift,” Law360, July 17, 2025.
- Co-author, “DOJ Antitrust Unit Launches Whistleblower Rewards Program,” Troutman Pepper Locke, July 9, 2025.
- Co-author, “Antitrust Division Declares Enterprise Wireless Merger Settlement a Victory,” Troutman Pepper Locke, July 2, 2025.
- Co-author, “FTC Holds Its First Listening Session on Practices and Regulations Impacting Pharmaceutical Generic or Biosimilar Competition,” Troutman Pepper Locke, July 1, 2025.
- Co-author, “DAAG Rinner Says Merger Enforcement to Combine ‘Fairness and Robust Enforcement’,” Troutman Pepper Locke, June 10, 2025.
- Co-author, “What Does the New Administration’s First Antitrust Merger Settlement Tell Us?,” Troutman Pepper Locke, June 2, 2025.
- Co-author, “Embattled Biotechs Facing Uncertainty at the FDA Look to Collaborative Deal Structures,” Troutman Pepper Locke, May 20, 2025.
- Podcast, “Antitrust Insights for Private Equity Navigating the New Administration’s Policies,” PE Pathways, March 26, 2025.
- Co-author, “FTC Refocuses Its Resources to Continue Its Work for Labor Market,” Troutman Pepper Locke, February 28, 2025.
- Co-author, “California’s Ban on Reverse Payment Settlements Partially Survives After a Five-Year Battle,” Troutman Pepper Locke, February 28, 2025.
- Co-author, “FTC Takes Another Shot at Private Equity Roll-Ups,” Troutman Pepper Locke, January 21, 2025.
- Co-author, “FTC and DOJ Jointly Issue Antitrust Guidelines Related to Labor,” Troutman Pepper Locke, January 17, 2025.
- Co-author, “FTC Announces Annual Changes to the HSR Act’s Notification Thresholds,” Troutman Pepper Locke, January 13, 2025.
- Co-author, “FTC Secures Record Gun-Jumping Settlement in Energy Transaction,” Troutman Pepper Locke, January 8, 2025.
- Co-author, “Two Courts Block Kroger-Albertsons Merger,” Troutman Pepper, December 12, 2024.
- Co-author, “What Is the FTC “Merger Portal?”” Troutman Pepper, November 18, 2024.
- Co-author, “The US FTC Appeals the Northern District of Texas’s Decision to Set aside the Worker Noncompete Ban (Ryan / FTC),” Concurrences, October 2024.
- Co-author, “FTC Appeals Texas Court’s Decision to Set Aside the Noncompete Ban,” Troutman Pepper, October 21, 2024.
- Co-author, “FTC Issues Final Rule Overhauling and Increasing the Burden of HSR Filings,” Troutman Pepper, October 11, 2024.
- Co-author, “Texas Court Issues National Injunction Barring Enforcement of the FTC’s Noncompete Ban,” Troutman Pepper, August 21, 2024.
- Co-author, “FTC’s New Final Rule on Noncompetes: Implications for Physician Practices,” Reuters Legal News, August 6, 2024.
- Co-author, “Pennsylvania Court Denies Injunction Against FTC’s Noncompete Ban,” Troutman Pepper, July 25, 2024.
- Co-author, “The FTC Intervenes in Franchise Relationships,” Troutman Pepper, July 15, 2024.
- Co-author, “Texas Court Temporarily Enjoins FTC Noncompete Ban Rule,” Troutman Pepper, July 5, 2024.
- Co-author, “Algorithmic Prices and Industry Data Reporting Under the Antitrust Microscope,” Troutman Pepper, June 13, 2024.
- Co-author, “PE Firm Escapes FTC’s Challenge to Texas Anesthesiology Roll-Up,” Troutman Pepper, June 11, 2024.
- Co-author, “Antitrust Division Announces Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion,” Troutman Pepper, May 10, 2024.
- Co-author, “Insights from FTC and DOJ’s Spring Enforcers Summit 2024,” in American Bar Association’s Business Law Today article, “Month-In-Brief: Business Regulation & Regulated Industries,” May 1, 2024.
- Author, “Implications of the FTC’s Noncompete Ban for Financial Institutions,” in American Bar Association’s Business Law Today article, “Month-In-Brief: Business Regulation & Regulated Industries,” May 1, 2024.
- Co-author, “FTC Bans Employee Noncompete Clauses,” Troutman Pepper, April 24, 2024. Republished on EACCNY, April 25, 2024.
- Co-author, “FTC Announces Vote on Rule to Ban Noncompetes,” Troutman Pepper, April 17, 2024.
- Co-author, “Employers Beware: Worker Misclassification May Be Seen as Anticompetitive Conduct,” Troutman Pepper, April 1, 2024.
- Co-author, “AI Under a Microscope: FTC Tech Summit and Collaboration Investigation — January 2024,” Troutman Pepper, February 1, 2024.
- Co-author, “FTC Updates HSR and Clayton Act Thresholds; Increases Civil Penalties for Violations,” Troutman Pepper, January 24, 2024.
- Co-author, “Seventh Circuit Revives McDonald’s Employee No-Poach Litigation,” Troutman Pepper, October 3, 2023.
- Co-author, “Bundled Discounts in the FTC’s Crosshairs,” Troutman Pepper, September 27, 2023.
- Co-author, “The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Affirms a District Court Ruling Which Held That the Rule of Reason is Appropriate for Reviewing Hybrid Horizontal and Vertical Price Fixing Allegations,” Concurrences, September 18, 2023.
- Co-author, “Third Circuit Holds Rule of Reason Appropriate for Review of Hybrid Horizontal and Vertical Conspiracy,” Troutman Pepper, September 12, 2023.
- Co-author, “Amgen, Black Knight, and Assa Abloy: Are Merger Settlements Making a Comeback?,” Troutman Pepper, September 11, 2023.
- Co-author, “Antitrust Criminal Enforcement on the Horizon,” Troutman Pepper, September 7, 2023.
- Co-author, “FTC and DOJ Announce Workshops on the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines,” Troutman Pepper, August 29, 2023.
- Co-author, “Interlocking Directorates in the Antitrust Crosshairs,” Troutman Pepper, August 24, 2023.
- Co-author, “The Evolution of the FTC and DOJ Continues: Agencies Seek Public Comment on Draft Merger Guidelines,” Troutman Pepper, August 1, 2023.
- Co-author, “Goodwill, Noncompete Provisions, and the FTC,” The Temple 10-Q, July 19, 2023.
- Co-author, “Judge Acquits All in Most Recent DOJ No-Poach Setback,” Troutman Pepper, May 10, 2023.
- Co-author, “DOJ Fails to Convict in No-Poach/Wage Fixing Case,” Business Law Today, April 12, 2023.
- Co-author, “FTC Extends Comment Period on Proposed Ban of Noncompete Agreements,” Business Law Today, April 12, 2023.
- Co-author, “Antitrust Division Calls on Activision to Do Its Duty to eSports League Players,” Troutman Pepper, April 7, 2023.
- Co-author, “DOJ Fails to Convict in No-Poach/Wage Fixing Case,” Troutman Pepper, March 31, 2023.
- Co-author, “Senate Proposal Opens the Door for More State Antitrust Lawsuits,” Troutman Pepper, March 29, 2023.
- Co-author, “FTC Seeks Public Comment on Potential Franchise Rule,” Troutman Pepper, March 24, 2023.
- Co-author, “FTC Extends Comment Period on Proposed Ban of Noncompete Agreements,” Troutman Pepper, March 21, 2023.
- Co-author, “Fore! Professional Golf Investigation Is Driver of New Antitrust Theories,” Troutman Pepper, February 7, 2023.
- Co-author, “DOJ Evolves Its Strategy of Increased Criminalization of Employment Restrictions Under Antitrust Laws,” Troutman Pepper, December 13, 2022.
- Co-author, “DOJ Making Good on Section 2 Monopolization Enforcement Promises With Latest Criminal Indictment,” Troutman Pepper, December 9, 2022.
- Co-author, “Recent No-Poach Developments: Hold the Pickle, Hold the Dismissal — Eleventh Circuit Overturns Burger King’s District Court Judgment,” Troutman Pepper, September 23, 2022.
- Co-author, “Recent No-Poach Developments: McDonald’s Latest Judicial Win Comes as Federal Enforcement Agencies Ally to Promote Labor,” ABA’s Business Law Today, August 8, 2022.
- Co-author, “Recent No-Poach Developments: Federal Enforcement Agencies Ally to Promote Labor and McDonald’s Latest Judicial Win,” Troutman Pepper, July 29, 2022.
- Co-author, “Goodwill, Noncompete Provisions and the FTC,” Troutman Pepper, July 7, 2022.
- Co-author, “Third Circuit: Non-Pharmaceutical Cases,” GCR – US Courts Annual Review (Third Edition), June 2022.
- Co-author, “FTC Requires Divestitures in Gasoline Terminal Deal,” Troutman Pepper, June 30, 2022.
- Co-author, “Federal Court Denies DOJ’s Request to File Statement of Interest in Pending McDonald’s No-Poach Class Action,” Troutman Pepper, April 6, 2022.
- Co-author, “No-Poach Case Against HP Dismissed for Failure to Allege a Plausible Conspiracy,” Troutman Pepper, November 29, 2021.
- Co-author, “American Airlines and the Government Accuse Each Other of Prohibiting Competition,” The American Bar Association Business Law Today, November 2021.
- Co-author, “Senate Proposal Opens the Door for Increase in State Attorneys General Antitrust Lawsuits,” Troutman Pepper, October 7, 2021.
- Co-author, “Sixth Circuit Reverses Antitrust Preliminary Injunction Ordering Health Insurer to Keep Hospital in Its Network,” Troutman Pepper, August 30, 2021.
- Co-author, “Executive Order Throws Down the Gauntlet for a New Era of Antitrust Enforcement,” Troutman Pepper, July 16, 2021.
- Co-author, “FTC Meeting Opens the Door to a Period of Greater Uncertainty,” Troutman Pepper, July 6, 2021.
- Co-author, “IRS Rules on Section 45Q Eligibility for Separately Owned and Subsequently Installed Property at Qualified Facility ,” Troutman Pepper, July 6, 2021.
- Co-author, “Lina Khan Selected as FTC Chair,” Troutman Pepper, June 23, 2021.
- Co-author, “Unanimous Court Cuts FTC’s Power to Seek Monetary Redress,” Troutman Pepper, April 23, 2021.
- Co-author, “FTC to Develop New Group Aimed at Antitrust and Deceptive Practices Rulemaking,” Troutman Pepper, March 31, 2021.
- Co-author, “It Could Be a Very Bitter Pill: US, Foreign, and State Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Launch Group to Change Traditional Analysis Applied to Pharmaceutical Mergers,” Troutman Pepper, March 16, 2021.
- Co-author, “Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act Signed Into Law,” The American Bar Association, December 2020.
- Co-author, “Federal Trade Commission Releases Commentary on Analysis of Vertical Mergers,” The American Bar Association, December 2020.
- Co-author, “State Enforcers Expanding Premerger and Antitrust Jurisdiction Over Healthcare Transactions: Guidance for This Growing Trend,” The American Bar Association, December 2020.
- Quoted, “Merger Enforcers End Year On Upswing,” Law360, December 16, 2024.
- Referenced, “Non-Competes: FTC Appeals Decision Striking Down Ban,” CompensationStandards.com, October 23, 2024.
- Quoted, “FTC Fails 1st Test of Rulemaking Push in Noncompetes Loss,” Law360, August 21, 2024.
- Quoted, “Federal Judge Refuses to Halt Noncompete Ban, Setting Up Potential Showdown in the Supreme Court,” Forbes, July 24, 2024.
- Quoted, “Important Considerations Surrounding the FTC Ban on Noncompete Contracts,” Thomson Reuters, May 20, 2024.
- Quoted, “For Private Equity, the New Year Rings in New Regulatory Pressures,” Middle Market Growth, January 4, 2024.
- Quoted, “Agencies’ Aggressive Merger Approach Was Tested in 2023,” Law360, December 18, 2023.
- Quoted, “Roundtable Discussion on Women in Antitrust,” American Bar, March 21, 2023.
- Quoted, “Facebook Haunted by Privacy Issues as FTC Ups Antitrust Case,” Bloomberg Law, August 20, 2021.
- Quoted, “Pfizer, Sanofi’s Pharmaceutical Rebate Suits Get on FTC’s Radar,” Bloomberg Law, July 2, 2021.
- Quoted, Android Central, June 29, 2021.
- Quoted, “Big Tech Faces Big Regulation—Here’s What That Means for You,” Forbes Advisor, June 22, 2021.