Specializing in bet-the-company cases, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP regularly plays a leading role in antitrust litigation. The team is experienced in class actions and antitrust investigations spanning multiple jurisdictions. It advises significant players from a variety of sectors, including the pharmaceutical, media and automotive industries. Hector Torres fields a diverse clientele of defendants and plaintiffs, bringing extensive public-sector experience to the group. He heads the New York-based practice alongside Sheron Korpus, who takes the lead in cases for some of the team’s key clients, including Teva Pharmaceuticals. Seth Moskowitz is experienced acting in appellate courts, at both a federal and state level, while Seth Davis represents clients in investigations by enforcement agencies.
Key clients
- Teva Pharmaceuticals
- Ford Motor Company
- Pilgrim’s Pride
- CenturyLink
- Delicato
- MLW Media
Work highlights
- Represents Teva Pharmaceuticals, and its US subsidiary Actavis, in defending many antitrust class actions brought by private plaintiffs, as well as an antitrust action brought by 48 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, which are consolidated in an MDL in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that allege price-fixing of over 100 generic drugs.
- Represented Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation in connection with a criminal investigation by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division alleging price-fixing in the sale of broiler chicken products in the US.
- Representing JBS in a putative class action case in which plaintiffs allege a wage-fixing conspiracy among beef and pork processors in the US.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Hector Torres, Sheron Korpus