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Hilary K. Scherrer

1700 K Street, NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20006
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 A partner in Hausfeld LLP’s Washington, DC office, Hilary K. Scherrer represents businesses and individuals in antitrust and other complex litigation matters, at both the trial court and appellate court levels. She also has experience working on international settlement matters.

Ms. Scherrer is one of the principal attorneys in several high-profile domestic and international antitrust cases. She manages all day-to-day aspects of the litigation in In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation (M.D. Pa.), a case alleging that the major chocolate manufacturers (Nestle, Mars, Cadbury and Hershey) conspired to fix the prices of chocolate candy, and In re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation II (W.D. Pa.), a case alleging that manufacturers of glass used for construction and architectural applications conspired to fix prices. Additionally, Ms. Scherrer works on Animalfeeds International Corp. et al. v. Stolt-Nielsen SA et al., an arbitration regarding alleged customer allocation and bid rigging in the parcel tankers shipping industry. In late 2008, the plaintiffs in this case achieved a victory when the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the arbitration panel’s ruling permitting arbitration on a class-wide basis. The defendants have since appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear the case. Ms. Scherrer is participating in the Supreme Court briefing.

Ms. Scherrer works on a number of other antitrust cases, including: Bruce Foods Corporation v. SK Foods, LP et al (E.D. Cal.); In re Aftermarket Filters Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Il.); In re Plasma-Derivative Protein Therapies Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.); In re Publication Paper Antitrust Litigation (D. Conn.); and In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y.), in which a partial settlement of $85 million was reached with defendants Deutsche AG, Lufthansa Cargo AG, and Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.

In addition to her current work on antitrust cases, Ms. Scherrer represented Holocaust victims in a breach of contract case alleging that German corporations failed to pay appropriate interest due on their payments to a reparations fund.

Prior to joining Hausfeld LLP, Ms. Scherrer litigated antitrust, consumer fraud, employment, and other complex litigation cases at firms in Washington, DC, and San Francisco. Among other cases, Ms. Scherrer was involved in Schwab v. Philip Morris USA et al (E.D.N.Y.), the largest class action ever certified, in which the plaintiffs alleged a RICO conspiracy and fraud in connection with the marketing and sale of “light” cigarettes.