Boris Bershteyn
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (New York)
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Boris Bershteyn is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and is based in New York. He litigates complex antitrust and competition matters before trial and appellate courts, and advises clients on regulatory and enforcement actions by government agencies and related internal investigations. He also represents businesses, sovereign entities, nonprofits, and individuals in administrative, appellate and constitutional disputes. From 2009 to 2013, Mr. Bershteyn held a number of senior legal and regulatory positions at the White House and its Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before heading OIRA, Mr. Bershteyn served as general counsel of OMB. From 2010 to 2011, Boris Bershteyn was a special assistant to the president and associate White House counsel, advising senior administration officials on legal aspects of regulatory, economic, health and environmental policy. Since August 2013, Mr. Bershteyn has served as a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), an independent federal agency charged with improving the federal regulatory and administrative process. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Bershteyn served on ACUS’s 10-member governing council, to which he was appointed by President Obama. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bershteyn served as a law clerk to Justice David H. Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge José A. Cabranes on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He also is a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
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On October 12, 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final Green Agreements Guidance (Guidance). The Guidance is designed to help businesses seeking to collaborate on environmental sustainability initiatives by providing greater clarity on when UK competition rules (...)
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a draft of proposed new merger guidelines today, 18 months after FTC Chair Lina Khan and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter announced plans to “modernize” the agencies’ approach to (...)
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The Supreme Court has made it easier to challenge the constitutionality of administrative tribunals housed at federal agencies. On April 14, 2023, the Court unanimously held in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission that parties subject to enforcement actions before such in-house (...)
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President Biden has signaled a pro-enforcement approach to antitrust policy by naming Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu as a White House adviser and nominating Lina Khan, who also teaches at Columbia Law, to be commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Both are known for expansive (...)
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On May 13, 2019, in a 5-4 decision in Apple Inc. v. Pepper, the U.S. Supreme Court held that consumers of iPhone apps are direct purchasers of Apple and therefore have standing to sue the company for alleged monopolization of the aftermarket for iPhone apps in violation of Section 2 of the (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. A recent Court of Appeal decision has reignited the prospects of a £14 billion class action against Mastercard. In a much-anticipated ruling, the court has (...)
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