Joseph Ostoyich
Baker Botts (Washington)
Lawyer (Partner)
Joseph Ostoyich is Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department in Washington, D.C. He has more than two decades of experience representing some of the world’s leading companies in bet-the-company price fixing, monopolization and the full gamut of antitrust litigation in U.S. courts and in investigations in industries ranging from high-technology to paper, chemicals, foundry, energy, transportation and agricultural commodities.Mr. Ostoyich also represents parties in merger reviews by the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission and government authorities around the world. In 2015, he is recognized as a leading antitrust lawyer in Chambers USA and Legal 500, rated “Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, and named a D.C. Super Lawyer for Antitrust. The Legal 500, stated that Mr. Ostoyich “provides clients with a considerable pedigree in relation to a range of federal and state private antitrust litigation.” He is a member of the Antitrust Council of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and frequently speaks at industry conferences and client retreats about antitrust law developments. He has written and edited several dozen articles and analyses of the antitrust laws and co-authored a chapter on the law and economics of antitrust damages in a leading treatise. He is a former student of the University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) and of the Cornell University (B.A. with distinction).
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Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Target Large Shareholders’ Roles In Investigations of Public Company Merger and Acquisition Transactions* Antitrust enforcement agencies have taken a new interest in companies’ relationships with their largest shareholders. The agencies have more systematically (...)
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A senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently confirmed that the Antitrust Division has opened multiple grand jury investigations in connection with the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (“Strike Force”) formed in November of last year. Speaking at a conference on February (...)
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On February 5, 2020, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the indictment of a Missouri man – the third individual to be charged – for participation in a conspiracy to rig bids submitted to the General Services Administration (“GSA”) at online auctions for (...)
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On November 5, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of a new “strike force” designed to combat criminal antitrust violations in the government procurement process. The newly-formed Procurement Collusion Strike Force (“PCSF”) will include prosecutors from DOJ’s (...)
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On May 13, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a major antitrust decision in Apple v. Pepper, which could have far-reaching implications for retailers and platforms accused of monopolistic conduct. For example, the case increases the risk that any online marketplace with exclusive rights to (...)
