Benjamin Rudofsky
Of Counsel
Ben is an accomplished antitrust attorney who brings significant government and private practice experience to complex investigations and 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 sectors such as defense, transportation, energy, agriculture, and telecommunications. At DOJ he oversaw the Section 8 enforcement program and contributed to major cases, including United States v. Visa and United States v. Amex GBT, et al.
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 enforecment 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.
- Played key roles in significant Antitrust Division litigation, earning multiple Assistant Attorney General Awards.
- Led investigations and cases involving parallel proceedings.
- Handles 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.
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 limites 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.)
- Represending 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 Antitrist Litigation, 1:18-cv-00864 (N.D. III.)
- 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 indsutrial filing machines for low-acid packaged foods in a patent suit. Stueben 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.)