SPEAKER

Jonathan

Pitt

Partner

Williams and Connelly

Jonathan B. Pitt is Co-Chair of Williams & Connolly’s Antitrust practice group. He handles a wide variety of complex civil and criminal trial and appellate matters involving the antitrust laws, the federal securities laws, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Lanham Act, and RICO. Among other notable representations, Mr. Pitt serves as counsel to Amazon in the antitrust cases brought against it by the FTC, the California AG, and private plaintiffs, and successfully represented Google in connection with the FTC’s highly publicized investigation into online search and search advertising. He also served as trial counsel to CVS in the evidentiary proceedings in U.S. District Court resolving CVS’s acquisition of Aetna, and currently serves as trial counsel to both acquiring firms and acquisition targets in multiple litigated mergers. Mr. Pitt served as trial counsel to a pharmaceutical manufacturer in connection with the first class action antitrust trial involving “pay-for-delay” claims after the Supreme Court’s decision in FTC v. Actavis (resulting in a complete defense verdict), and has successfully defended corporations and individuals against criminal and civil “no poach” allegations. Mr. Pitt regularly advises clients on antitrust issues and has served as antitrust counsel to major trade associations on issues such as standard-setting and denials of membership. Mr. Pitt has been recognized numerous times as a leading antitrust litigator.