Whether pursued on an individual basis or in the class setting, private antitrust litigation has played, and continues to play, an important role in the development of modern antitrust jurisprudence. And with notable Supreme Court cases like Twombly, Comcast, and Matsushita, private antitrust litigation has had an outsized influence on federal litigation more generally.
The Class Action and Private Litigation Committee monitors and provides a forum to discuss class action and private litigation antitrust law and policy. The Committee focuses on a wide range of issues relating to antitrust class action litigation, including class certification, procedural issues, substantive claims, and damages issues. The committee hosts several panel discussions each year that offer its members the opportunity to stay up-to-date on the latest developments and hot topics in the field while earning CLE credit. In recent years, the committee has hosted panels concerning private litigations against digital platforms, the rising use of litigation finance, and developments in class action jurisprudence.
The Committee also affords its members the opportunity to participate in other activities: members are encouraged to network at our events, present on topics and cases of recent interest at Committee meetings, plan and/or participate in Committee programming, and contribute written submissions on class action-related issues for the Section’s newsletter, Competition Chronicles.
Co-Chairs
Rosa Marina Morales
Rosa M. Morales is a Counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Antitrust and Competition Group in the firm’s New York office. She has over a decade of experience as an antitrust and competition attorney, focusing on high-stakes litigation and compliance matters for Fortune 500 companies, boards of directors, and senior executives in business-critical antitrust matters, including complex private antitrust litigation, class action defense, multidistrict litigation, and government enforcement actions. Beyond her practice, Rosa regularly serves as pro bono counsel in voting rights, immigration, and family law matters, and mentors first-generation women pursuing careers in law.
Meegan Hollywood
Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP
Meegan Hollywood is a Partner at Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP where she prosecutes actions involving price-fixing, unlawful monopolization and other anticompetitive practices. She previously litigated the in In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, involving a class of direct purchasers who recovered over $1.2 billion in settlements for an alleged global conspiracy in the market for airfreight services. Ms. Hollywood currently serves on the court-appointed plaintiffs’ steering committee in In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation representing a proposed class of purchasers of broadcast television spot advertising against defendants who are alleged to have engaged in a scheme to artificially inflate prices in violation of federal antitrust law. Meegan is also an advisory board member of the American Antitrust Institute and Vice-Chair of COSAL’s Federal Rules Committee. Meegan is also a member of the board of directors for Hudson River Community Sailing in New York
Vice-Chair
Ross Elfand
Ross Elfand is a partner at King & Spalding. Ross is a seasoned antitrust trial lawyer whose practice focuses on high profile, complex litigation, especially in the pharmaceutical and technology industries. He regularly represents companies before competition enforcement agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general offices, and other agencies around the world.
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