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Hausfeld LLP Named as Tier 1 Firm Nationwide in Plaintiff Antitrust Litigation

Hausfeld LLP brands as a global plaintiff representation firm, targeted at providing justice to both individuals and businesses, and antitrust litigation is one of five key areas of expertise. Since its inception in late 2008, the firm has been appointed co-lead counsel in over 20 significant cases. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC, and also has offices in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and London. One client ranks the firm as ‘the best I have ever worked with’. Recent successes include two cases in the airline industry, firstly as co-lead counsel in the British Airways/Virgin Atlantic Fuel Surcharge Price-Fixing Cartel Case, which resulted in a $200m settlement for the aggrieved plaintiffs; the precedent-setting case allowed UK citizens equal footing with US citizens in US courts. The firm also acted as co-lead counsel in negotiating and agreeing a $85m court-approved settlement with Lufthansa in an air cargo shipping price-fixing cartel case; the action against other plaintiffs continues. Other significant work included taking a leading part include the “Chinese dry-wall” litigation, and an action on behalf of victims of the South African apartheid regime against multinational corporations which allegedly aided and abetted crimes against humanity. The latter case is proceeding after a successful appeal to the Second Circuit court following the district court’s grant of dismissal to the defendants. Recommended lawyers include the firm’s founder, Washington DC-based Michael Hausfeld, an experienced veteran who is ‘inventive and determined’. Also in Washington DC, Brian Ratner is an ‘engaging, highly competent professional who can simplify complex antitrust matters and make them comprehensible to a non-antitrust attorney’, and Andrew Bullion, ‘experienced, knowledgeable and easy to communicate with’. In Philadelphia, Brent Landau is ‘very professional and personable’.

Hausfeld LLP was also listed by the US Legal 500 Publication as one of the top antitrust plaintiffs’ firms in the country in 2009.

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