Benjamin Rudofsky
Of Counsel
Ben is an accomplished litigator who draws on deep government and private‑sector experience to navigate complex investigations and high‑stakes litigation. He most recently served as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where he advised senior leadership on civil enforcement across the defense, transportation, energy, agriculture, and telecommunications sectors.
Key Matters
REPRESENTATIVE DOJ EXPERIENCE
- Advised DOJ Antitrust Division leadership on investigation strategy, enforcement decisions, and cross‑agency coordination in matters spanning defense, transportation, energy, and agriculture.
- Shaped DOJ policy projects and public messaging.
- Oversaw the Division’s Section 8 interlocking directorates program, counseling on compliance and driving enforcement actions.
- Contributed to major civil matters, including United States v. Visa and United States v. Amex GBT, et al., supporting core briefing and case development.
- Led investigations in the Media, Entertainment, and Communications Section, including a high‑profile matter involving NCAA rules and a complex ed‑tech platform merger.
- Led investigations and cases involving parallel proceedings.
- Handled document CIDs, issued subpoenas, negotiated CID and subpoena compliance, deposed and interviewed witnesses, made enforcement recommendations, delivered internal briefings, and brought complaints.
- Litigated cases, including drafting pleadings, briefing motions, and delivering arguments.
- Managed all aspects of discovery in matters involving voluminous records.
Key matters
Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm or employer.
- Represented the United States in antitrust action challenging rules regulating transfer eligibility limits for college athletes. Ohio, et al vs. NCAA, 1:23-cv-00100 (N.D. W.V.)
- Represented the United States in an antitrust action challenging the merger of two consumer lock companies. United States vs. ASSA ABLOY AB, et al., 1:22-cv-02791 (D.D.C.)
- Represented the United States in an antitrust action challenging the merger of two government contractors in the signals intelligence industry. United States vs. Booz Allen Hamilton, et al., 1:22-cv-01603 (D. Md.)
- Represented class and individual plaintiffs in complex antitrust multi-district litigation with copyright, DMCA, theft of trade secrets, and computer fraud counterclaims. In re Dealer Management Systems Antitrust Litigation, 1:18-cv-00864 (N.D. Ill.)
- Defended a life-sciences CRM software-as-a-service company in theft of trade secrets litigation, with antitrust and unfair competition counterclaims. IQVIA v. Veeva Systems, Inc., 2:17-cv-00177 (D.N.J.)
- Defended a Japanese television manufacturer in a patent suit. MiiCs & Partners America v. Funai Electric Co. Ltd., 1:14-cv-804 (D. Del.)
- Defended a Japanese manufacturer of industrial filling machines for low-acid packaged foods in a patent suit. Steuben Foods, v. Shibuya Hoppmann Corp., 1:10-cv-00781 (W.D.N.Y.)
- Represented an artist, pro bono, in a successful first amendment challenge to viewpoint discrimination in the administration of a custom postage program. Zukerman v. USPS, 1:15-cv-2131 (D.D.C.)