Carl W. Hittinger focuses his practice on complex commercial and civil rights litigation with particular emphasis on antitrust and unfair competition matters, in which he counsels clients on all aspects of civil and criminal antitrust and unfair competition law. He is National Leader of BakerHostetler’s Antitrust and Competition Team and Leader of the Philadelphia Litigation Practice. Mr. Hittinger has over 40 years of experience successfully trying numerous, lengthy jury and non-jury cases before federal and state courts across the country. He also regularly represents corporations in investigations and actions brought by federal and state government and regulatory agencies. He has handled matters before the First, Second, Third, District of Columbia, Fourth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court of the United States. Among his clients have been such major corporations and institutions as Equity Residential, Culligan/Zero, Alon USA Energy, Inc., Data Device Corp., Brandywine Village Associates, Northside Hospital Inc., Sara Lee Corporation, adidas-Salomon, Church & Dwight, The Home Depot, Citibank, Sovereign Bank, Nichia Corporation, Glaxo Smith-Kline, Hudson News, Leading Builders of America, Ryland Group, Young Presidents Organization International, Centric Group, EnerSys, Wayne Memorial Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, US Healthcare, Hormel Corporation, Giant Food, Inc., Wheaton Industries, Temple University, Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., Occidental Chemical Corporation and DuPont. He has also represented such family-owned businesses as Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc., Peerless Boilers, Associated Communications Corporation, Shore Slurry Seal, Inc., Ambulatory Surgical Services, Accord Health Service and Priority Care Ambulance.
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Experts Can Turn Tide in Class Certification—Federal judge gives green light to antitrust action against Comcast* A federal judge recently dealt another substantial and costly blow to Comcast in Behrend v. Comcast Corp., an antitrust lawsuit against the giant Philadelphia-based cable (...)
