Brian E. Moran

Brian Moran is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation and Intellectual Property + Technology Groups. His practice focuses on three primary areas: antitrust litigation and counseling; intellectual property disputes; and litigation of business disputes.

Brian has extensive experience in litigating antitrust disputes. He also counsels clients on antitrust compliance, as well as marketing and distribution issues, including vertical price restraints, customer and territorial allocations, volume discounts, loyalty programs, price discrimination, promotional allowances and incentives, resale price maintenance, refusals to deal, dealer terminations, exclusive dealing arrangements and tie-ins. His assistance allowed one of his clients to avoid an indictment in a Federal Trade Commission price-fixing conspiracy investigation. He is the principal author of a book, published by Thomson Reuters in 2013, entitled The Executive’s Antitrust Guide to Pricing.

Robinson+Cole has the necessary understanding and experience to counsel clients on all aspects of antitrust compliance. Our experience extends to issues clients are likely to face, such as the following:

• pricing issues
• exclusionary conduct
• standard setting
• distribution and marketing strategies and arrangements
• discounts, promotional allowances, and incentives
• consumer protection regulations
• Hart-Scott-Rodino
• unfair trade practices
• premerger clearance

We also advise clients faced with governmental investigations. This includes responding to civil investigative demands or subpoenas issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and state regulatory authorities as well as defending government enforcement actions. We provide ongoing advice aimed at proactively managing our clients’ litigation risks. An effective antitrust compliance program can go a long way in both avoiding problems and dealing with enforcement agencies.