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“We really pride ourselves in digging into the facts and not just going in to settle the case.”
-- Bruce Baird, Covington & Burling, in The National Law Journal’s June 2013 Special Report on “Washington Litigation Departments of the Year”
Covington has extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of civil and criminal conduct investigations in jurisdictions around the world, including before US state and federal and EU and member state enforcement agencies. Our white collar defense practice was recognized by The National Law Journal as the “Litigation Department of the Year” in that category for 2013.
Covington’s international team of antitrust and competition lawyers achieve results for our clients by providing:
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seamless management of parallel investigations in multiple jurisdictions;
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important insights from leadership that includes several former high-ranking enforcement agency officials and senior prosecutors;
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the benefit of decades of experience achieving favorable outcomes for clients in a wide range of civil and criminal investigations; and
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smart and efficient management of investigations that minimizes as far as possible the burdens they can impose.
Representative Matters
The following are examples of government investigations with which our attorneys have been involved:
- Representation of Microsoft, Expedia, and Trip Advisor in the US and Europe in connection with investigations regarding Google’s abusive search-related conduct.
- Representation of Microsoft in connection with its complaint regarding the anticompetitive patent licensing practices of Motorola Mobility.
- Represented a major financial services company in an investigation by the FTC of alleged exclusionary conduct with no action being taken against our client.
- Represented a major U.S. transportation company in a DOJ investigation with no action taken against our client.
- Represented company in DOJ investigation of employee recruiting practices.
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