Tom Demitrack joined Jones Day in 1979. He has litigated numerous antitrust cases, including price-fixing, vertical restraints, monopolization, and Robinson-Patman cases, as well as intellectual property cases raising antitrust issues. He has substantial experience, in particular, in distribution cases raising price discrimination and similar issues and in class action practice. Tom is the coordinator of the antitrust practice in Jones Day’s Cleveland Office. In recent years, he has represented clients such as Ascension Health, Bayer, Eastman, Experian, Macy’s, Madison Square Garden, and R.J. Reynolds. Tom is listed as a leading lawyer in antitrust in Northeast Ohio’s Inside Business magazine and in Ohio Super Lawyers. He has spoken on antitrust issues at Ohio State Bar Association and Federal Bar Association programs and on conflicts of interest issues at continuing legal education programs. He is Jones Day’s Professional Responsibilities Partner and is a member of the Firm’s Professional Services Committee.
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The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has unsealed its summary judgment opinion in The Medical Center at Elizabeth Place v. Premier Health Partners. The Court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants—four hospital systems that operated pursuant to a joint (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2014 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. A new decision by a U.S. federal judge and leading antitrust scholar has reaffirmed the U.S. antitrust principle that competitive restraints adopted to foster (...)
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A new decision by a U.S. federal judge and leading antitrust scholar has reaffirmed the U.S. antitrust principle that competitive restraints adopted to foster competitor collaborations will not be summarily condemned under the per se rule, but instead evaluated under a rule of reason analysis (...)
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This week the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not review a Third Circuit decision (Animal Science) that made it easier for antitrust plaintiffs to bring claims in U.S. courts for conduct occurring overseas under the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (“FTAIA”). The Supreme Court’s (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2012 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Recent decisions by the Third Circuit and the Northern District of California make it easier for plaintiffs to bring claims under the Foreign Trade Antitrust (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2012 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Recent decisions by the Third Circuit and the Northern District of California make it easier for plaintiffs to bring claims under the Foreign Trade Antitrust (...)
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On January 7, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in a 3-0 decision, reversed a district court’s judgment against Sodexo, Inc., and another defendant in a Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) bench trial and directed entry of judgment in favor of the defendants. (Feesers, Inc. v. Michael (...)
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The Robinson-Patman Act has given rise to some truly awful court decisions that have created a seller-buyer environment of sometimes unforgiving price rigidity, as well as complex and difficult-to-comply-with principles about when and to whom sellers must offer price discounts and nonprice (...)
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The Robinson-Patman Act has given rise to some truly awful court decisions that have created a seller-buyer environment of sometimes unforgiving price rigidity, as well as complex and difficult-to-comply-with principles about when and to whom sellers must offer price discounts and nonprice (...)
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