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Brian A. Ratner

1700 K Street, NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20006
202.540.7200 ph
202.540.7201 fax
bratner@hausfeldllp.com
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Brian A. Ratner, a partner at the firm, has extensive experience representing domestic and foreign businesses and individuals in complex litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He is particularly experienced in the prosecution of antitrust litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States, on behalf of direct and indirect purchasers alleging price-fixing and monopolization.

Mr. Ratner was named to the Legal Times 2009 "40 under 40" list, which recognized rising legal stars expected to play a key role in the Greater Washington legal community for years to come. He was also recently featured in The Legal 500 where Hausfeld LLP was named as a Tier 1 firm nationwide in plaintiff antitrust litigation.

Mr. Ratner has litigated the matter of In Re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation (D.D.C.) on behalf of two certified classes of vitamin direct purchasers who were overcharged as a result of a ten-year global price-fixing and market allocation conspiracy. The case settled for over $1 billion. Mr. Ratner was a key member of a 2003 trial team in the case, in which a jury awarded a class of choline chloride purchasers more than $148 million in trebled damages - the twelfth largest U.S. jury verdict in 2003. Mr. Ratner has also litigated, among other matters: Empagran, S.A. et al. v. F. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd., et al. (D.D.C.), a case alleging a global vitamins price-fixing and market allocation conspiracy on behalf of foreign purchasers (remanded by U.S. Supreme Court); Oncology & Radiation Associates v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (D.D.C.), alleging monopolization against a drug manufacturer, which settled for $65 million; Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories v. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., et al. (D.D.C.), alleging unlawful monopolization on behalf of a class of purchasers of an enzyme used in DNA amplification, human-genome research, and medical diagnostics, which settled for $33 million.

Mr. Ratner's substantial international work has included representing cartel victims in settlement negotiations and European courts. He currently represents purchasers of paraffin wax, air freight services, car glass, and marine hose who are seeking to recover losses in the UK as a result of price-fixing cartels. His work in the marine hose matter helped lead to a landmark private global settlement agreement with cartelist Parker ITR. Mr. Ratner has also lectured, organized conferences, and published articles on issues such as the private civil enforcement of competition laws and the mechanisms for collective redress around the world.