Antitrust and Competition Litigation

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DiCello Levitt has led the charge in some of the most significant private antitrust litigation over the last several decades. Our Antitrust and Competition Litigation Practice Group’s singular focus is to help businesses and consumers get economic justice by righting the wrongs against them in the marketplace through aggressive advocacy and skilled problem-solving.

DiCello Levitt has an impressive bench in the antitrust space. The firm offers its clients support within large-scale plaintiff antitrust matters. The team draws strength from DiCello Levitt’s strength in the technology sphere.

Chambers USA

We root out and bring claims against entities engaging in anticompetitive conduct in any industry, ranging from the pharmaceutical and financial industries, where we have extensive experience, to the manufactured home and competitive cheerleading industries. Our sophisticated client base includes pension funds, health and welfare funds, public clients, large and small businesses, and individual consumers, and we handle class, competitor, and individual (opt-out) claims involving all types of anticompetitive conduct, including price-fixing and market allocation conspiracies among competitors and monopolization of markets by industry giants.

DiCello Levitt’s antitrust attorneys are leaders in the antitrust field, including in various national and state antitrust organizations, and have garnered national and international recognition from publications such as Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, The Legal 500, Lawdragon, and Law360, including Band 1 top honors for the practice group from Chambers USA.

[DiCello Levitt] is in the category of highly experienced and savvy litigators who really bring great judgment to analyzing potential litigation opportunities.

Client Testimonial, Chambers USA 

Our antitrust team is regularly appointed as lead plaintiffs’ counsel because of our track record of success. We have litigated some of the largest antitrust class actions in the United States, often filing the first case, advancing novel theories, and creating new law through our efforts, and we have secured billions of dollars in recoveries from companies across the world. Our antitrust attorneys are trial-ready and have litigated a variety of matters up to and through trial.

Greg Asciolla and his team have built a premier plaintiffs’ practice, and they are extremely well-respected across the antitrust bar.

Testimonial, The Legal 500

Representative Matters

Fusion Elite All Stars v. Varsity Brands, LLC

DiCello Levitt served as Co-Lead Counsel and obtained a $43.5 settlement with Varsity Brands, other Varsity entities, and the United States All Star Federation (USASF) to resolve an antitrust class action over Varsity’s monopolization of the All Star Cheer events market. In addition to the cash payments, Varsity consented to significant conduct relief aimed at curbing and unwinding its anticompetitive behavior.

In re European Government Bonds Antitrust Litigation

DiCello Levitt served as Co-Lead Counsel in a class action alleging that several global financial institutions manipulated prices in the $8 trillion market for European government bonds. We achieved settlements with all ten defendants for a total of $120 million. The litigation was named the third most complicated class action asset recovery opportunity of 2024 by global financial technology company Broadridge.

In re Novartis and Par Antitrust Litigation

DiCello Levitt serves as Lead Counsel for end-payors and secured a $30 million settlement in a class action alleging that a brand and generic drug manufacturer entered into an anticompetitive pay-for-delay agreement for the antihypertensive drug Exforge.

In re Platinum and Palladium Antitrust Litigation

DiCello Levitt serves as Co-Lead Counsel for plaintiffs who allege that several major domestic and foreign precious metals trading institutions manipulated the futures markets for platinum and palladium. After eight years of litigation and two dismissals by the lower court, the plaintiffs won their appeal in the Second Circuit, handing a significant victory for investors seeking redress for anticompetitive conduct affecting their platinum and palladium futures investments. As a result, this victory led to a global settlement totaling $20 million, which was preliminarily approved by the court.

In re Manufactured Home Lot Rents Antitrust Litigation

DiCello Levitt serves as Co-Lead Counsel in this class action alleging that the defendants—the nation’s largest provider of mobile home data, Datacomp, and several large owners of manufactured home communities—conspired to raise the prices of mobile home lot rents by sharing nonpublic, competitively sensitive information through reports published by Datacomp. We investigated this proprietary case for nearly nine months before filing the first action in the nation.