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Jon T. King

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400
San Francisco, CA 94104
415.633.1908 ph
415.358.4980 fax
jking@hausfeldllp.com
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Jon T. King is a partner in Hausfeld LLP’s San Francisco office. He represents plaintiffs in competition matters, including antitrust cases, and in other complex litigation, including investor arbitrations and securities class actions. Mr. King also has counseled numerous individuals, corporations, and governmental entities regarding proposed mergers in several industries. Recently, he has counseled a leading winery in a distributor dispute before a state alcoholic beverage commission, and he has served as co-lead arbitration counsel in a two-week arbitration regarding the distribution of financial products.

Mr. King currently represents the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District, the governmental entity that operates the Golden Gate Bridge and various transit systems, as one of the plaintiffs in In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1663 (D.N.J.). This case has resulted in approximately $220 million in settlements to date. Mr. King has previously counseled a federal governmental entity, a leading California utility company, and various corporations with respect to settlement rights in In re Insurance Brokerage. Experienced in a wide variety of industries, he is also engaged in antitrust litigation regarding LCDs, auto lighting, tomatoes, Alaskan shipping, auction rate securities and industrial doors.

Mr. King has substantial experience in international litigation.  He has represented the leading French consumer association, UFC-Que Choisir, in connection with its efforts to gather evidence to prepare European antitrust litigation against Intel Corporation. (This matter was related to the litigation in the United States captioned In re Intel Corporation Microprocessor Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1717 (D. Del.), in which plaintiffs allege monopolization of the market for x86 microprocessors.) Mr. King has also worked on an international arbitration matter for ARCO, an oil company, relating to a contractual dispute.

With respect to merger issues, Mr. King advised the City and County of San Francisco regarding the proposed merger of two hospital groups. He advised individuals, a hospital association, a medical center, a doctors’ association, and an insurance company trade association with respect to challenges to a proposed insurance company merger. He has also consulted on issues regarding the merger of media entities.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. King represented clients in dozens of direct and indirect purchaser actions that resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements. He began his legal career in Los Angeles at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he worked on matters for the National Football League and various entertainment industry companies. Later, at The Furth Firm LLP, Mr. King was appointed as plaintiffs’ interim liaison counsel in the antitrust case captioned Hydrogen Peroxide Cases (San Francisco Superior Court, JCCP No. 4416).

In the legal malpractice action Jackson v. Kincaid, et al., 122 S.W. 3d 440 (Tex.-App.-Corpus Christi 2003), Mr. King represented the plaintiffs against the largest law firm in Oklahoma and various partners. He obtained an appellate reversal establishing that Texas had personal jurisdiction over the defendant partners. The case was subsequently settled for a confidential sum.