Timothy Hester is a partner who concentrates in the field of antitrust litigation and antitrust counseling matters.  In recent years, he has handled a series of major antitrust litigation projects in the pharmaceutical industry, including the defense of antitrust suits raising claims of unlawful patent settlements, sham litigation and wrongful patent acquisitions.  These include the representation of AstraZeneca in In re Nexium Antitrust Litigation, the representation of Purdue Pharma in In re OxyContin Antitrust Litigation, and the representation of GlaxoSmithKline in In re Relafen Antitrust Litigation.