Stephen M. Medlock

Representing Optimal Blue and Constellation Software in connection with antitrust class action alleging algorithmic price-fixing and improper sharing of competitively sensitive information

Representing Rouse Services and Rouse Analytics in connection with antitrust class actions alleging algorithmic price-fixing and improper sharing of competitively sensitive information

Representing food company in connection with government antitrust investigation

Representing professional sports team in connection with government investigation and litigation

Representing Delta Dental member companies in connection with a series of consolidated class actions alleging that Delta Dental companies underpaid dentists

Representing national property management companies in connection with a series of consolidated class actions alleging the existence of a conspiracy to increase or stabilize the price of apartments using a common algorithm

Representing multiple prominent healthcare providers in antitrust claims against MultiPlan, Inc. and alleged co-conspirators for underpaying out-of-network reimbursements

Representing State Street Corporation in lawsuit brought by 13 state attorneys general concerning alleged conspiracy to cut coal production

Representing national real estate brokerage and regional real estate trade group in antitrust class actions alleging a conspiracy to force home-sellers and home-buyers to pay inflated sales commissions to real estate brokerages

Representing shale oil producer in multiple antitrust class actions alleging a conspiracy to decrease shale oil production

Representing one of largest producers of renewable energy in lawsuit filed by X Corporation concerning alleged advertiser boycott of X

Representing major university hospital system in antitrust litigation alleging conspiracy to limit employment opportunities of pharmacy residents

Representing financial services company in multiple state attorney investigations and Congressional investigation

Represented major retailer in internal investigation and government investigations related to sustainability and human capital initiatives and policies

Represented significant distributor in connection with internal investigation into alleged antitrust violations

Representing companies in multiple state attorney general and grand jury investigations into alleged antitrust violations

Represented energy client in internal investigation into antitrust criminal matters and related compliance issues

Obtained closure of antitrust grand jury investigation into one of world’s largest energy companies without any indictments

Obtained summary judgment and complete victory for client in In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, 2023 WL 7220170 (N.D. Ill.)

Obtained dismissal with prejudice at motion to dismiss stage in JSW Steel (USA), Ltd. v. Nucor Corp. on behalf of United States Steel Corporation, which was affirmed on appeal by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Obtained summary judgment and complete appellate victory in In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation, 801 F.3d 383 (3d Cir. 2015) and Sterling Merchandising, Inc. v. Nestle S.A., 656 F.3d 112 (1st Cir. 2011)

Obtained dismissal of claims against multinational energy corporation direct-action cases, and state attorney general cases alleging that it engaged with other defendants in a decade-long conspiracy to bribe Venezuelan officials and rig bids for the sale and purchase of crude oil submitted to PDVSA, allegedly costing PDVSA billions of dollars in lost revenue; the trust was purportedly assigned the claims of PDVSA and the Venezuelan government so that it could litigate on PDVSA’s behalf in the U.S. courts

Represented multiple corporate client in non-public antitrust grand jury investigations and responses to civil investigative demands served by the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general

Caused plaintiffs to abandon their claims following discovery on monopolization, attempted monopolization, and tying claims in Nestle Nespresso USA, Inc. v. Ethical Coffee Company, S.A.

Obtained dismissal of antitrust claims at motion to dismiss stage in Nirvana, Inc. v. Nestle Wates North America Inc.

Obtained rare denial of summary judgment for plaintiff in a “duty to deal” antitrust case alleging monopolization and attempted monopolization

Represented an elite college in class action alleging that highly-selective universities conspired to limit need-based financial aid paid to admitted undergraduate students

Represented multiple executives alleged to have conspired abroad to fix the prices of automotive parts destined for the US market