William H. Rooney

Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Biography

William H. Rooney is a partner in Willkie's litigation department and Chair of the United States Antitrust practice group. He specializes in civil and criminal antitrust matters, including cross-border matters, before the courts and antitrust enforcement agencies. Mr. Rooney regularly handles litigations, mergers, investigations and counseling under the United States antitrust law and collaborates with Willkie’s European competition team in cross-border matters.

 

Selected Professional and Business Activities

Mr. Rooney is the Chair of the Antitrust Section of the New York State Bar Association and is the Vice-Chair of the Economics Committee of the Section of Antitrust Law of the American Bar Association. He is a past Chair of the Committee on Antitrust and Trade Regulation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2001 to 2004).

 

Selected Significant Matters

  • Numerous confidential Antitrust investigations in the United States and Europe
  • In re Modafinil Antitrust Litigation
  • Apotex v. Teva Pharmaceuticals et al
  • In re Nifedipine Antitrust Litigation
  • In re ACR Tube Litigation
  • In re Copper Tubing Antitrust Litigation
  • Private Equity Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Interchange Fee Antitrust Litigation
  • American Express v. Visa USA et al.
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. FDA
  • Organon Sanofi-Synthelabo LLC v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • In re Nabumetone Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Options Exchanges Antitrust Litigation
  • Coalition for Level Playing Field Robinson-Patman Litigation
  • Intervest v. Bloomberg
  • Toys "R" Us Antitrust Litigation
  • Salomon Brothers Antitrust Litigation
  • Teva/Ratiopharm
  • Teva/Barr
  • Pharmion/Celgene
  • TomTom/Tele Atlas
  • Mattel/Radica
  • Teva/IVAX
  • GameStop/Electronics Boutique
  • Teva/Sicor
  • Teva/Novopharm
  • CompUSA/Computer City
  • Loral/Orion
  • Loral/Skynet
  • Loral/Lockheed Martin
  • Mattel/Tyco
  • Mattel/Fisher Price

 

Selected Publications and Lectures

  • "Reverse Payment Settlements in the United States and Europe: Moving Toward an Effects-Based Approach," CPI Antitrust Chronicle (September 2013) (co-authored) "Eleventh Circuit Rejects the Strength of a Patent as a Criterion for the Legality of Reverse-Payment Settlements," CPI Antitrust Chronicle (June 2012) (co-authored)
  • "Lessons From Delta/AirTran and U-Haul: Charting Your Own Course and Exercising Discretion Pays Dividends and Avoids Antitrust Trouble," The Antitrust Counselor (January 2011) (co-authored)
  • "Review of Reverse-Payment Agreements: The Agencies, the Courts, Congress, and the European Commission," Competition Policy International (Autumn 2009) (co-authored)
  • "Assessing Antitrust Injury in the Class Certification Context," Global Competition Policy Magazine (June 2008) (co-authored)
  • "FTC And DOJ Issue Joint Report Regarding Antitrust Enforcement And Intellectual Property Rights," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (August 2007) (co-authored)
  • "New Developments in the Application of Antitrust Law to Patent-Holder Conduct," Practicing Law Institute Advanced Licensing Program (March 2007).