Stephen M. Medlock

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 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 United States Steel Corporation in litigation alleging that major domestic steel companies conspired to boycott sales of steel slab to a competitor

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

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

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 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