Jason is a trusted counselor and experienced litigator for his clients, large and small. For more than a decade, Jason has advised clients and litigated cases in a wide variety of matters involving financial services litigation, mortgage lending and foreclosure consumer finance litigation, business disputes, federal and state antitrust laws, complex regulatory matters, franchise statutes, unfair and deceptive trade practices, government contracts, advertising laws, industry-specific trade regulations, gaming law, contract disputes, business torts, and constitutional law. In that regard, Jason has represented clients in the banking, financial, manufacturing, defense, pharmaceutical, real estate, construction, furniture, tobacco and gaming industries. A native Virginian, Jason grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia, attended the University of Virginia, and served as a law clerk for Judge Samuel G. Wilson in Roanoke, Virginia, and Judge Susan H. Black on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Jason lives in Charlottesville, Virginia and practices law throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia and State of North Carolina.
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Motorola and the Extraterritorial Application of US Antitrust Laws to Foreign Component Price Fixing Cartels* Last month the Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal for two related antitrust cases involving an international price-fixing cartel. The cases come from different circuits, one (...)
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Supreme Court Rules NC Dentist Board Not Immune From Antitrust Scrutiny* Earlier this morning, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that state professional boards comprised of active market participants are not immune from antitrust laws even though the boards are formally designated as (...)
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Do Public School Athletic Leagues Have To Admit Private High Schools?* Liberty Christian Academy (LCA), a private high school in Lynchburg, Virginia, has filed an antitrust action against the Virginia High School League (VHSL), a non-profit organization of public high schools in Virginia. The (...)
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Supreme Court Creates New Standing Test For Asserting False Action Claim Under Lanham Act* On March 25, 2014, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion, authored by Justice Scalia, in Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. In a previous post, I discussed my (...)
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Supreme Court to Decide Requirements for Standing under Lanham Act* In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court will decide a case involving the proper framework for determining standing to maintain an action for false advertising under the Lanham Act. The case, Lexmark International, Inc. v. (...)
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Fourth Circuit Affirms $2.8 Million Jury Verdict Obtained By Womble Carlyle For Government Subcontractor* On December 16, 2013, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion affirming a $2.8 million jury verdict obtained by a Womble Carlyle trial team, chaired by Jason Hicks, in the Eastern District of (...)
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FTC v. Actavis, Inc.: Supreme Court Rules That Reverse Patent Settlements May Violate Antitrust Laws* On June 17, 2013, in FTC v. Actavis, Inc., the Supreme Court ruled that "reverse patent settlements" may violate the Sherman Act even though the anticompetitive effects of the settlement fall (...)
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Antitrust Case Leaving Uncertainty Regarding Customer Loyalty Programs* On April 29, 2013, the Supreme Court declined to review a decision that had created uncertainty as to when a manufacturer’s customer loyalty program may violate antitrust laws. Most circuits (...)
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Google Investigation* After months of a rumors about government action against Google, there are reports that government agencies are begining to take action. On June 24, the Wall Street Journal reported that the FTC is primed to serve subpoenas on the internet giant. A July 19, 2011 (...)
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California Court Relies on “Common Sense” in Rejecting Twombley Challenge* Perhaps there is life for conclusory antitrust claims after Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007). On May 24, the United States District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion to (...)
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