Kavita Pillai

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Kavita Pillai

Associate

Washington +1 202 662 5467 kpillai@cov.com Download V-card

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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.

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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.

U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Intern (2011)

Covington Advises CenturyLink in $34 Billion Acquisition of Level 3 Communications

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 ...

FDA Proposal to Regulate LDTs Raises Legal Liability Questions for Labs

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...… ...

Advocate General clarifies “individual character” requirement for unregistered community design rights

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...… ...

Image rights versus the First Amendment: athlete cases tee up issue for courts across the U.S.

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

Companies leverage YouTube for advertising that doesn’t look like advertising

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

New gTLDs: dot brand and dot fashion?

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

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Covington Advises CenturyLink in $34 Billion Acquisition of Level 3 Communications

FDA Proposal to Regulate LDTs Raises Legal Liability Questions for Labs

Advocate General clarifies “individual character” requirement for unregistered community design rights

Image rights versus the First Amendment: athlete cases tee up issue for courts across the U.S.

Sharing Work Product — a New Norm in E-Discovery?

Companies leverage YouTube for advertising that doesn’t look like advertising

New gTLDs: dot brand and dot fashion?

Another “Competitive Enterprise”: A Balanced Private-Public Solution to North Carolina’s Forensic Science Problem

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University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2012

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 2007

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