William H. Rooney Partner MAIN OFFICE: New York Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, N.Y. 10019-6099, U.S.A. T 212-728-8259 F 212-728-9259

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William H. Rooney is a partner in the Litigation Department and Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York, where he specializes in civil and criminal antitrust matters before the federal courts and the antitrust enforcement agencies.

Mr. Rooney's antitrust experience includes litigations, mergers, investigations, and counseling in matters under the Sherman Act (contracts in restraint of trade and monopolization), the Clayton Act (mergers and acquisitions), and state antitrust and deceptive trade practice laws.  Mr. Rooney appears regularly in federal court and before the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in connection with antitrust investigations and substantial acquisitions.

Mr. Rooney’s significant litigation matters include: In re Modafinil Antitrust Litigation; Apotex v. Teva Pharmaceuticals et al; In re Nifedipine Antitrust Litigation; In re ACR Tube Litigation; In re Copper Tubing Antitrust Litigation; Private Equity Antitrust Litigation; In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation; In re Interchange Fee Antitrust Litigation; American Express v. Visa USA et al.; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. FDA; Organon Sanofi-Synthelabo LLC v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; In re Nabumetone Antitrust Litigation; In re Options Exchanges Antitrust Litigation; Coalition for Level Playing Field Robinson-Patman litigation; Intervest v. Bloomberg; Toys "R" Us antitrust litigation; Salomon Brothers antitrust litigation.

Mr. Rooney’s significant transactional matters include: Teva/Barr; Pharmion/Celgene; TomTom/Tele Atlas; Mattel/Radica; Teva/IVAX; GameStop/Electronics Boutique; Teva/Sicor; Teva/Novopharm; CompUSA/Computer City; Mattel/The Pleasant Co.; Loral/Orion; Loral/Skynet; Loral/Lockheed Martin; Mattel/Tyco; Mattel/Fisher Price and numerous antitrust acquisition analyses.

Chambers USA (2005-2011) ranks Mr. Rooney among the leading individuals practicing Antitrust Law in New York. Mr. Rooney is also recommended in Cross-border Competition Handbook 2007/08.

Mr. Rooney is the Chair of the Antitrust Section of the New York State Bar Association and is the Vice-Chair of the Economics Committee of the Section of Antitrust Law of the American Bar Association. He is a past Chair of the Committee on Antitrust and Trade Regulation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2001 to 2004).

Mr. Rooney’s recent publications include: "Assessing Antitrust Injury in the Class Certification Context," Global Competition Policy Magazine (June 2008) (co-authored); "FTC And DOJ Issue Joint Report Regarding Antitrust Enforcement And Intellectual Property Rights," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (August 2007) (co-authored); and "New Developments in the Application of Antitrust Law to Patent-Holder Conduct," Practicing Law Institute Advanced Licensing Program (March 2007).