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Kavita Pillai represents clients in a wide variety of antitrust matters, from transactions to litigation to compliance. She regularly represents clients in merger reviews by the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, including responding to Second Requests, and has experience counseling clients on regulatory risk throughout the transaction process. Ms. Pillai also has a broad range of civil litigation experience and frequently counsels clients on litigation risk and antitrust compliance. She also has represented clients in criminal investigations by the Department of Justice.
Ms. Pillai maintains an active pro bono practice.
- Representing major television broadcasting company in regulatory issues related to its sale of broadcast television stations.
- Successfully represented Century Link in obtaining clearance from DOJ of $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications.
- Successfully represented Expedia Inc. in obtaining clearance from the Department of Justice in Expedia’s acquisition of Orbitz Worldwide.
- Successfully represented Merck & Co. in multidistrict class action litigation alleging violations of the antitrust laws arising out of an alleged reverse-payment settlement of patent litigation with a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer.
- Represented Eli Lilly & Co. in product liability litigation involving Cymbalta.
- Represented Genentech in product liability litigation involving Rituxan.
- Successfully represented a major corporation in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
- Successfully represented Public Service Enterprise Group in insurance coverage litigation arising from damages from Superstorm Sandy.
Pro Bono
- Successfully represented a death row inmate in a collateral appeal of his conviction and sentencing in Alabama state court. Representation included preparing and presenting evidence during a state court evidentiary hearing and preparing post-hearing briefs, after which the judge granted a new trial on all claims.
Previous Experience
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Intern (2011)
October 29, 2018
President Trump on October 24 signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6), which together with the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act (S. 2554), signed October 10, expands the scope of pharmaceutical product-related agreements subject to filing requirements under subtitle B of Title XI of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and ...
November 1, 2017
WASHINGTON—Covington represented CenturyLink in its acquisition of Level 3 Communications in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $34 billion. The acquisition closed today. The firm assisted Century Link in obtaining regulatory approvals by the Federal Communications Commission and state public utilities regulators, and in national security ...
February 27, 2015, Inside Medical Devices
Back in August, we wrote about the FDA’s controversial plan to release draft guidance on a new regulatory framework for Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) — diagnostic tests developed by and used within individual laboratories across the country. As it stands now, LDTs are overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Clinical...… ...
April 29, 2014, CovBrands
A recent opinion issued by Advocate General Melchior Wathelet could strengthen the IP rights of fashion designers in Europe. In a long-running infringement case by Karen Millen Fashions against Dunnes, a major retail chain in Ireland, the Advocate General’s opinion issued to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) sides with designer Karen...… ...
September 20, 2013, CovBrands
The rights of celebrities to control the commercial use of their images has been a hot topic in both the UK and the US for some time now. You may recall, CovBrands reported on the issue before in connection with a lawsuit by Rihanna against Topshop for selling a t-shirt bearing her image without her...… Continue Reading
Autumn 2013, EDDE Journal , Vol. 4 Issue 4
June 28, 2013, CovBrands
Red Bull’s YouTube channel has 2.5 million subscribers. Their video of Felix Baumgartner’s freefall to Earth from space, all while decked out in a Red Bull branded space suit, has 34 million views. It’s not a fluke. Red Bull’s other videos containing authentic content – read not obviously an ad – regularly pass the 10...… Continue Reading
December 17, 2012, CovBrands
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, held a drawing on 17 December to determine the priority by which new generic top-level domain applications would be reviewed. A top-level domain is the part of a domain name to the right of the dot, like .com or .gov. Participation in the draw was voluntary but...… Continue Reading
December 2011, North Carolina Law Review