David Garcia is a partner in Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP's Century City office, where he is also the Office Managing Partner. He is a litigator with a broad background in complex civil litigation for major U.S. companies, including extensive class action and multidistrict litigation experience. His practice focuses principally on antitrust litigation and counseling with particular emphasis on the entertainment industry, provider side healthcare mergers and the intersection between antitrust and intellectual property in litigation and joint ventures.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Garcia's antitrust litigation experience includes price fixing cartel defense, patent related monopolization claims and representation of clients in connection with civil and criminal investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He counsels extensively on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and competitor collaborations in healthcare, for a broad range of hospitals and doctor groups throughout the U.S. including second requests and divestiture negotiations with both the FTC and DoJ. His broad ranging antitrust litigation background also includes major matters involving standard setting, state action immunity, and contested mergers. He also counsels and litigates in a variety of vertical distribution situations, including dealer termination, vertical pricing restrictions, franchise termination disputes and counseling and litigation involving multilevel marketing organizations. Finally he counsels joint ventures in the formation stage and through ongoing antitrust monitoring.
More Legal and Business Bylines From David R. Garcia
- In Highly-Anticipated Decision, Ninth Circuit Affirms That Hospital-Physician Group Merger in St. Luke’s Violated Section 7 And Casts Serious Doubt on Viability of Efficiencies Defense - (Posted On Wednesday, February 18, 2015)
- CMS’ Proposed Regulations Include Significant Antitrust Implications For Entities Interested In Forming ACOs - (Posted On Monday, January 05, 2015)
- Supplier Beware Before Terminating Dealers: California’s Equipment Dealers Act - (Posted On Tuesday, November 18, 2014)
- District Court Weighs in on Level of Integration Required to Shield Health Care Collaborations from Section 1 Scrutiny - (Posted On Friday, November 14, 2014)
- Dang v. San Francisco Forty Niners - Consumers Can Challenge Reebok's Exclusive NFL Apparel Deal Based Just on a Market of Garments Bearing NFL Team Logos - (Posted On Thursday, August 08, 2013)
- American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant: A Class Action Waiver in an Arbitration Agreement Will Be Strictly Enforced Under the Federal Arbitration Act - (Posted On Wednesday, June 26, 2013)
- No Mandatory Antitrust Review for ACOs - (Posted On Wednesday, November 16, 2011)
- Wal-Mart v. Dukes: Implications For Antitrust Class Actions - (Posted On Wednesday, July 13, 2011)
- AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion - What Does It Mean For Class Arbitration And Class Actions In Federal Antitrust Cases? - (Posted On Tuesday, May 17, 2011)
- Levels of Antitrust Scrutiny for ACOs - (Posted On Wednesday, April 27, 2011)