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Susannah Torpey

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Co-Chair, Technology Antitrust Group

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Co-Chair of Winston’s Technology Antitrust Group, Susannah is a Litigation Partner with more than twenty years of experience representing Fortune 500 companies in multimillion and billion dollar antitrust class actions, high-tech competitor litigations, international investigations, and counseling partnerships. She has been repeatedly recognized as a Client Choice Award Winner, “SuperLawyer,” “Top Woman Attorney,” and as a “Star” in Antitrust and Litigation for obtaining critical wins for her clients, whether at trial on behalf of plaintiffs or by winning complete dismissals on behalf of defendants. She has also been recognized as one of the “Top Women Leaders in Law,” “Top 50 Women Leaders in Technology,” as a “Global Elite Thought Leader,” and as a “high-tech expert.” Susannah has further been recognized for her “ability to add real value to clients’ business above and beyond the other players in the market” based on clients’ praise for her “subject matter expertise;” “exceptional knowledge and capability to handle complex antitrust matters;” “deep understanding of the operative case law” and ability to apply “this knowledge deftly to the important economic and market issues that underlie these cases;” as well as her “ability to quickly understand the nuances of [her clients’] business.” Susannah has also been commended as “an expert in her field [who] knows how to target her advice to achieve business results;” “an incredibly effective advocate” who is highly regarded for “handling complex oral arguments;” as a “very trusted and valued advisor;” and as “an excellent outside counsel advisor and a very experienced antitrust litigator.”

Susannah litigates cutting-edge issues at the evolving intersection of antitrust, IP, and technology. Susannah has more than twenty years of experience representing leading companies and competitors in the preparation, trial, and appeal of complex antitrust cases. She regularly represents plaintiffs, as well as defendants, and has represented clients in both civil and criminal matters, including in international criminal antitrust investigations.

Susannah regularly represents major U.S. and multinational corporations in high-profile, multidistrict, and class action litigation and government investigations involving a wide array of federal and state antitrust issues, including monopolization, monopoly leveraging, price fixing, wage fixing, no-poach agreements, group boycotts, exclusive dealing, tying, price discrimination, unfair competition, anticompetitive product redesign, interoperability degradation, and mixed issues of antitrust and intellectual property law relating to Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) obligations, standard-setting, patent licensing, patent misuse, and fraud on the PTO. Susannah also routinely counsels international and U.S. businesses regarding the minimization of antitrust risk, pricing strategies, antitrust compliance, and business issues relating to the use of tech and IP, many of which are key to a company’s global strategy.

Susannah has represented and counseled clients in a variety of industries and in connection with a wide array of technologies, including: wireless connectivity (2G-5G); semiconductors, numerous computer and memory products; artificial intelligence; apps; IoT; ecommerce and data platforms; adtech; open source software, VoIP; fintech; electronic trading; blockchain; crypto; DAOs; patent aggregation and licensing; pharmaceutical; medical devices; biotech; chemical processing; crude oil; steel products and fabrication; food products and distribution; publishing; professional sports; international trade; consulting; and financial services industries.

During law school, Susannah served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Delissa A. Ridgway of the U.S. Court of International Trade. She also served as a legal intern in the Criminal Division of the DOJ.

Key Matters

Antitrust, Class Action, and MDL

  • Represents a Fortune 50 technology company in a high-profile antitrust litigation relating to artificial intelligence
  • Represents a Fortune 500 company in a high-profile, multidistrict antitrust lawsuit against Keurig alleging monopolization, conspiracy, group boycott, tying, exclusive dealing, unfair competition, anticompetitive product redesign, patent misuse, and sham litigation claims. Our clients’ litigation was followed by more than 30 class actions, In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee Antitrust Litigation and has garnered attention from top media outlets including CNN, USA Today, The Guardian, Law360, and multiple industry publications
  • Represents pharmaceutical companies in an antitrust litigation alleging monopolization, conspiracy, unfair competition, and false advertising claims
  • Served as lead antitrust counsel and successfully argued and obtained complete dismissal of claims alleging data monopoly and related conspiracy and unfair competition claims
  • Served as lead counsel for a Fortune 500 defendant multinational financial services company and obtained complete dismissal and affirmance on appeal of monopolization, conspiracy, tortious interference, RICO, and breach of contract claims relating to purported conspiracy to breach contractual obligations not to challenge patent in inter partes review
  • Served as lead antitrust counsel for a public marketing company and successfully obtained dismissal of antitrust claims alleging fraud on the PTO and monopolization
  • Served as lead antitrust counsel for a Fortune 500 multinational financial services company and obtained complete dismissal of monopolization, exclusive dealing, price fixing, and tying claims relating to misappropriation of proprietary code and intellectual property purported to cover fintech banking apps
  • Successfully obtained and defended on appeal a complete dismissal of a high-profile antitrust litigation nominated for GCR Litigation of the Year and "Litigator of the Week" recognition on behalf of a wireless connectivity patent portfolio company of claims alleging monopolization, conspiracy, group boycott, unfair competition, and breach of contract claims relating to purported FRAND obligations and joint licensing conduct
  • Successfully obtained a complete dismissal for a Fortune 500 global investment bank in a multi-billion dollar MDL antitrust class action involving U.S. Treasuries and derivatives markets, In re Treasury Securities Auction Antitrust Litigation
  • Successfully obtained a favorable settlement for plaintiff multinational technology company in a high-profile monopolization, conspiracy, unfair competition, and patent misuse litigation, which garnered attention from news outlets such as Reuters News, Law360, Channel Partners News, Telecompaper, Optical Networks Daily, and Fin Examiner
  • Successfully obtained dismissal on behalf of Panasonic Corporation and Panasonic Corporation of North America of a major putative class action alleging a price-fixing conspiracy and unfair competition claims in connection with an SD Card standard-setting organization and joint venture, obtaining disqualification of the initial lead opposing counsel and firm
  • Successfully obtained dismissal on behalf of Panasonic Corporation in an antitrust litigation alleging conspiracy and monopolization claims in connection with an SD Card standard-setting organization
  • Served as lead antitrust counsel in case resulting in favorable settlement for client pursuing monopolization and sham litigation claims based on anticompetitive assertions of intellectual property relating to chemical processing of crude oil
  • Represented Panasonic Corporation and Panasonic Corporation of North America in the multidistrict, putative class action, optical disk drive products antitrust litigation. Successfully defeated class certification with a decision highlighted by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 20 Defense Verdicts of 2014, In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation
  • Represented Plaintiff Feesers, Inc. through the course of its litigation, including a successful appeal before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and at trial, which was also successful, in its action against a leading food service management company and a food supplier concerning allegations of Robinson-Patman Act violations
  • Represented a Fortune 500 steel company plaintiff in an antitrust litigation concerning monopolization, conspiracy, exclusive dealing, unfair competition, patent misuse, and sham patent litigation resulting in successful elimination of challenged exclusive dealing agreement
  • Successfully persuaded plaintiff to drop claims asserted against a patent assertion entity in antitrust litigation concerning alleged FRAND obligations and a purported conspiracy to split patent royalties
  • Represented a Fortune 500 global investment bank in a multi-billion dollar MDL antitrust class action involving credit derivatives markets, In re Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation
  • Represented a Fortune 500 steel producer in an antitrust litigation concerning alleged conspiracy, price discrimination, and trade secret misappropriation
  • Represented seven of the world’s top poker players in a conspiracy and group boycott antitrust lawsuit filed against the World Poker Tour


Antitrust and FCPA Government Investigations

  • Represented multinational corporation before FTC relating to competitor acquisition 
  • Represented multinational corporations in international criminal antitrust investigations of global cartels requiring the coordination of responses to government agencies spanning various jurisdictions across Asia, Europe, and the United States
  • Represented Fortune 500 multinational corporation in major investigation assessing potential no poach and wage-fixing agreements for compliance with antitrust laws
  • Represented multinational corporations spanning Asia, Europe (including Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States), the Middle East, and the United States in parallel FCPA investigations by the DOJ and SEC
  • Manages large-scale internal investigations to evaluate compliance with antitrust laws and to assess whether companies should apply for leniency with the DOJ

 
Antitrust Counseling

  • Counsels companies in connection with new tech design to minimize antitrust risk relating to new products
  • Counsels international and U.S. corporations regarding antitrust risks associated with information exchanges, most-favored-nation clauses, hiring and recruitment practices, licensing practices, assertions of IP, unilateral “Colgate” policies, pricing structures, price discrimination, resale price maintenance, minimum advertised pricing (or MAP) programs, algorithmic pricing, bidding, territorial restrictions, and other vertical resale restrictions in connection with both internet and brick-and-mortar distribution systems
  • Served as general antitrust counsel to an internet marketing, ecommerce, and data analytics joint venture platform throughout the formation, tech design and development, and successful sale of the start-up to a third party
  • Counsels joint ventures and affiliated companies in connection with minimization of competitively sensitive information exchanges, firewalls, potential spillover conduct, and no poach issues
  • Counsels international corporations regarding Sherman Act and Robinson-Patman Act jurisdiction over foreign activities and the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act

 
Antitrust Compliance, Internal Investigations, Audits, and Training

  • Represented a joint venture before DOJ and state Attorneys General to investigate and certify antitrust compliance with consent decree
  • Conducted nationwide internal investigation to ensure antitrust compliance and mitigate risk of potential criminal liability for Fortune 500 company
  • Designs and institutes antitrust compliance programs
  • Provides antitrust training to corporate employees

 
U.S. Supreme Court and Other Complex Litigation

  • Represented Medimmune, Inc., in several suits relating to monoclonal antibody technology. One of these cases led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Medimmune v. Genentech, 127 S. Ct. 764 (2007), which expanded the right of patent licensees to challenge the validity of licensed patents.
  • Served as amicus counsel on behalf of the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault in the matter of Hegar v. Texas Entertainment Association, Inc., before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Served as amicus counsel on behalf of Professor J. Shugerman in the matter of Lacaze v. State of Louisiana regarding an individual’s due process right to an impartial judiciary before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Served as amicus counsel for Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence in the matter of McDonald v. City of Chicago before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Represented the Executive Committee of the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports in a constitutional challenge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to the dispute resolution procedures of NAFTA.
  • Successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of a financial lending client for the dismissal of breach of fiduciary duty claims.
Recent Experience
Secured High-Profile Fifth Circuit Dismissal for Avanci of Closely Watched Technology-Antitrust Case

In 2025, Susannah was named as one of the top “500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers” by 2025 Lawdragon and was selected as the sole Lexology Client Choice Award winner for Competition/Antitrust from New York and as a “Global Elite Thought Leader.” Susannah was honored in 2024 and 2025 as one of the “Top Women Leaders in Law” and in 2024 as one of only two Lexology Client Choice Award recipients in the Competition/Antitrust category in the United States and the exclusive winner in the Competition USA New York category. Lexology’s Client Choice Award recognizes “partners around the world that stand apart for the excellent client care they provide and the quality of their service” based on their “ability to add real value to clients’ business above and beyond the other players in the market.” She was also recognized by Benchmark Litigation US as a “Litigation Star” (2019–2025) and as a “National Practice Area Star” in Antitrust (2024–2025). Susannah was further named as one of the “Top 50 Women Leaders in Technology” in both 2022 and 2023 in Women We Admire and listed as a “Key Lawyer” in The Legal 500 U.S. 2021–2023 for Antitrust Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense. She has been regularly selected since 2018 to the New York Super Lawyers list and the Rising Stars list before then. She is also consistently recognized in the list of “Top Women Attorneys in the New York Metro Area” published by New York Times Magazine. In 2022, Susannah was on the team honored with “Litigator of the Week” recognition for their important Fifth Circuit antitrust win, which was also nominated for GCR’s 2022 “Litigation of the Year” award.  In 2020, Susannah was part of the group awarded “Law Firm of the Year” for its Antitrust/Competition practice by U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Firms and “Antitrust Firm of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation US. In 2019, Susannah was part of the group recognized as a Tier 1 National “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. In 2018, Susannah was part of the group named as “Antitrust Firm of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation US as well as “Trial Group of the Year” by Law360. In 2016, she was awarded “Best Business General Antitrust Article” for her article entitled, “Human Resources: The Next Antitrust Frontier” from the 2016 Antitrust Writing Awards. In 2015, she was part of the group recognized as the “Cartel Defense Group of the Year.” In 2014, the denial of class certification she worked on was recognized as one of the “Top Defense Verdicts” of the year. Susannah has also been honored by being selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation in recognition as a “lawyer whose career has demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of society.”

Susannah co-chairs Winston’s Technology Antitrust Group, co-leads the firm’s semiconductors and technology infrastructure industry sector groups, co-chairs the New York office Family Affinity group, and served as a member of the firm’s hiring committee. Outside of the firm, Susannah serves as a Vice Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section Unilateral Conduct Committee and co-chairs the Next Generation Lawyers association, which seeks to help junior lawyers get more opportunities to argue in court. 

Capabilities

Antitrust/Competition
Technology Antitrust
Commercial Litigation & Disputes
Government Investigations, Enforcement & Compliance
Class Actions & Group Litigation
Litigation/Trials
Intellectual Property
Compliance Programs
Trade Secrets, Non Competes & Restrictive Covenants
Patent Litigation
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Cryptocurrencies, Digital Assets & Blockchain Technology
Financial Services
Media & Entertainment
Medical Devices
Sports
Professional Services
Food & Beverage
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Key Matters

Antitrust, Class Action, and MDL

  • Represents a Fortune 50 technology company in a high-profile antitrust litigation relating to artificial intelligence
  • Represents a Fortune 500 company in a high-profile, multidistrict antitrust lawsuit against Keurig alleging monopolization, conspiracy, group boycott, tying, exclusive dealing, unfair competition, anticompetitive product redesign, patent misuse, and sham litigation claims. Our clients’ litigation was followed by more than 30 class actions, In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee Antitrust Litigation and has garnered attention from top media outlets including CNN, USA Today, The Guardian, Law360, and multiple industry publications
  • Represents pharmaceutical companies in an antitrust litigation alleging monopolization, conspiracy, unfair competition, and false advertising claims
  • Served as lead antitrust counsel and successfully argued and obtained complete dismissal of claims alleging data monopoly and related conspiracy and unfair competition claims
  • Served as lead counsel for a Fortune 500 defendant multinational financial services company and obtained complete dismissal and affirmance on appeal of monopolization, conspiracy, tortious interference, RICO, and breach of contract claims relating to purported conspiracy to breach contractual obligations not to challenge patent in inter partes review
  • Served as lead antitrust counsel for a public marketing company and successfully obtained dismissal of antitrust claims alleging fraud on the PTO and monopolization
  • Served as lead antitrust counsel for a Fortune 500 multinational financial services company and obtained complete dismissal of monopolization, exclusive dealing, price fixing, and tying claims relating to misappropriation of proprietary code and intellectual property purported to cover fintech banking apps
  • Successfully obtained and defended on appeal a complete dismissal of a high-profile antitrust litigation nominated for GCR Litigation of the Year and "Litigator of the Week" recognition on behalf of a wireless connectivity patent portfolio company of claims alleging monopolization, conspiracy, group boycott, unfair competition, and breach of contract claims relating to purported FRAND obligations and joint licensing conduct
  • Successfully obtained a complete dismissal for a Fortune 500 global investment bank in a multi-billion dollar MDL antitrust class action involving U.S. Treasuries and derivatives markets, In re Treasury Securities Auction Antitrust Litigation
  • Successfully obtained a favorable settlement for plaintiff multinational technology company in a high-profile monopolization, conspiracy, unfair competition, and patent misuse litigation, which garnered attention from news outlets such as Reuters News, Law360, Channel Partners News, Telecompaper, Optical Networks Daily, and Fin Examiner
  • Successfully obtained dismissal on behalf of Panasonic Corporation and Panasonic Corporation of North America of a major putative class action alleging a price-fixing conspiracy and unfair competition claims in connection with an SD Card standard-setting organization and joint venture, obtaining disqualification of the initial lead opposing counsel and firm
  • Successfully obtained dismissal on behalf of Panasonic Corporation in an antitrust litigation alleging conspiracy and monopolization claims in connection with an SD Card standard-setting organization
  • Served as lead antitrust counsel in case resulting in favorable settlement for client pursuing monopolization and sham litigation claims based on anticompetitive assertions of intellectual property relating to chemical processing of crude oil
  • Represented Panasonic Corporation and Panasonic Corporation of North America in the multidistrict, putative class action, optical disk drive products antitrust litigation. Successfully defeated class certification with a decision highlighted by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 20 Defense Verdicts of 2014, In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation
  • Represented Plaintiff Feesers, Inc. through the course of its litigation, including a successful appeal before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and at trial, which was also successful, in its action against a leading food service management company and a food supplier concerning allegations of Robinson-Patman Act violations
  • Represented a Fortune 500 steel company plaintiff in an antitrust litigation concerning monopolization, conspiracy, exclusive dealing, unfair competition, patent misuse, and sham patent litigation resulting in successful elimination of challenged exclusive dealing agreement
  • Successfully persuaded plaintiff to drop claims asserted against a patent assertion entity in antitrust litigation concerning alleged FRAND obligations and a purported conspiracy to split patent royalties
  • Represented a Fortune 500 global investment bank in a multi-billion dollar MDL antitrust class action involving credit derivatives markets, In re Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation
  • Represented a Fortune 500 steel producer in an antitrust litigation concerning alleged conspiracy, price discrimination, and trade secret misappropriation
  • Represented seven of the world’s top poker players in a conspiracy and group boycott antitrust lawsuit filed against the World Poker Tour


Antitrust and FCPA Government Investigations

  • Represented multinational corporation before FTC relating to competitor acquisition 
  • Represented multinational corporations in international criminal antitrust investigations of global cartels requiring the coordination of responses to government agencies spanning various jurisdictions across Asia, Europe, and the United States
  • Represented Fortune 500 multinational corporation in major investigation assessing potential no poach and wage-fixing agreements for compliance with antitrust laws
  • Represented multinational corporations spanning Asia, Europe (including Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States), the Middle East, and the United States in parallel FCPA investigations by the DOJ and SEC
  • Manages large-scale internal investigations to evaluate compliance with antitrust laws and to assess whether companies should apply for leniency with the DOJ

 
Antitrust Counseling

  • Counsels companies in connection with new tech design to minimize antitrust risk relating to new products
  • Counsels international and U.S. corporations regarding antitrust risks associated with information exchanges, most-favored-nation clauses, hiring and recruitment practices, licensing practices, assertions of IP, unilateral “Colgate” policies, pricing structures, price discrimination, resale price maintenance, minimum advertised pricing (or MAP) programs, algorithmic pricing, bidding, territorial restrictions, and other vertical resale restrictions in connection with both internet and brick-and-mortar distribution systems
  • Served as general antitrust counsel to an internet marketing, ecommerce, and data analytics joint venture platform throughout the formation, tech design and development, and successful sale of the start-up to a third party
  • Counsels joint ventures and affiliated companies in connection with minimization of competitively sensitive information exchanges, firewalls, potential spillover conduct, and no poach issues
  • Counsels international corporations regarding Sherman Act and Robinson-Patman Act jurisdiction over foreign activities and the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act

 
Antitrust Compliance, Internal Investigations, Audits, and Training

  • Represented a joint venture before DOJ and state Attorneys General to investigate and certify antitrust compliance with consent decree
  • Conducted nationwide internal investigation to ensure antitrust compliance and mitigate risk of potential criminal liability for Fortune 500 company
  • Designs and institutes antitrust compliance programs
  • Provides antitrust training to corporate employees

 
U.S. Supreme Court and Other Complex Litigation

  • Represented Medimmune, Inc., in several suits relating to monoclonal antibody technology. One of these cases led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Medimmune v. Genentech, 127 S. Ct. 764 (2007), which expanded the right of patent licensees to challenge the validity of licensed patents.
  • Served as amicus counsel on behalf of the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault in the matter of Hegar v. Texas Entertainment Association, Inc., before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Served as amicus counsel on behalf of Professor J. Shugerman in the matter of Lacaze v. State of Louisiana regarding an individual’s due process right to an impartial judiciary before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Served as amicus counsel for Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence in the matter of McDonald v. City of Chicago before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Represented the Executive Committee of the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports in a constitutional challenge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to the dispute resolution procedures of NAFTA.
  • Successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of a financial lending client for the dismissal of breach of fiduciary duty claims.
Recent Experience
Secured High-Profile Fifth Circuit Dismissal for Avanci of Closely Watched Technology-Antitrust Case

Credentials

Education

Susannah received a J.D. in 2004 from NYU School of Law and a B.A. in 1998 from Colgate University. While at NYU Law, Susannah participated in the Public Policy Advocacy Clinic with the Brennan Center for Justice and the Annual Survey of American Law. Susannah was awarded the “Ann Petluck Poses Memorial Prize” from NYU Law for outstanding student practice in 2004.

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    Related Insights & News

    Speaking Engagements and Publications

    • Speaker, “What’s Next for DOJ and FTC,” with Maureen Ohlhausen, Renata Hesse, Debbie Feinstein, Laura Collins, and Matthew Levinton, ABA Antitrust Section, February 25, 2025
    • Speaker, “Taking the Next Step: Diversity in Antitrust Class Actions, January 8, 2025
    • Speaker, “Antitrust Implications of AI – Pricing, Price Signaling, Collusion,” January 24, 2024
    • Speaker, “Emerging Antitrust and IP Challenges in the Age of Artificial Intelligence & Algorithms,” Mondaq, December 5, 2023
    • Speaker, “FTC’s Foray into Orange Book Listings: Challenge or Challenging?,” ABA Antitrust Law Section, November 28, 2023
    • Guest Lecturer, Winning Antitrust and IP Cases, University of New Hampshire Law School, August 2023
    • Speaker, “Rules and Limitations of No Poach,” TexasBarCLE's 22nd Annual Course – Advanced In-House Counsel, August 3, 2023
    • Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through Competition Compliance,” Lexology, USA chapter, 7thedition, May 2023
    • Co-author, “Should California Adopt Revisions Proposed by Congress and the New York State Legislature to Address Single-firm Conduct,” California Lawyers Association Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Journal, Volume 33, No. 1, Spring 2023
    • Co-author, “Joint Statement on Automated Systems: A Reminder of the Potential Harms of AI,” Competition Corner, April 28, 2023 
    • Speaker, “The New Era of Antitrust Enforcement,” TexasBarCLE's 21st Annual Course – Advanced In-House Counsel, August 4, 2022
    • Speaker, “Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the Digital Age,” ITechLaw 2022 World Technology Law Conference, May 26, 2022
    • Co-author, “The Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review,” USA Chapter, 2021 and 2022
    • Speaker, “The Role of Antitrust Policies in SEP Licensing Disputes,” RPX Spring Conference, May 25, 2022
    • Speaker, with Val Bercovici (CEO, CLICK2NFT), “How Will Competition Play Out in Web 3.0?,” Antitrust West Coast Conference, May 12, 2022
    • Co-author, “Mitigating Antitrust Risk in Decentralized Autonomous Orgs,” Competition Law 360, April 13, 2022
    • Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through Competition Compliance,” Lexology, USA chapter, 6th edition, April 2022
    • Speaker, “Antitrust Risks in Blockchain, Crypto, DAOs & NFTs,” Around the Block(chain) with Winston & Strawn, March 29, 2022
    • Speaker, “Minimizing Antitrust Risks in Blockchain Applications,” Federal Bar Association, March 29, 2022
    • Speaker, “Blockchain and Antitrust: Addressing Potential Competition Law Risks,” The Knowledge Group, December 14, 2021
    • Speaker, “Views from the Top,” with Shana Scarlett, Dena Sharp, Kalpana Srinivasan, and Jiamie Chen, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law, California Lawyers Association, November 2021
    • Co-author, “Jeld-Wen: Opening the Door to Private Merger Challenges?,” The Journal of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, Vol. 31, No. 2, Fall 2021
    • Speaker, “The AI Bias Paradox: Underdelivering to the Underserved,” with Anjelica Dortch (IBM), Ghazal Niazi (Square), Dr. Cheryl Martin (Alegion, Inc.), and Peter Turk (Change Healthcare), Disruptive Technologies Summit, September 2021
    • Speaker, “Tech, Tumult, and a New Administration,” Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel, July 28, 2021
    • Speaker, “SEPs to Arbitration: Can we be FRANDs?,” NYIAC Virtual Talks, with Aldo A. Badini (Winston), Dr. Christine Siegwarth Meyer (NERA), Kristopher Boushie (NERA), and Dr. Sheng Li (NERA), July 20, 2021
    • Co-author, “Avoiding Antitrust Issues in Search Term Ad Agreements,” Competition Law 360, July 12, 2021
    • Speaker, “Antitrust in the Digital Economy – Market Power in Social Media and Digital Advertising,” Global Competition Review Connect, with Christ Hockett (UC Berkeley), Avi Goldfarb (U. Toronto), Aaron Yeater (Analysis Group) & Sam Weinstein (Cardozo Law), June 16, 2021
    • Co-author, “The Unilateral Conduct Gap Sacrificing Interoperability and Innovation,” Competition Policy International, June 15, 2021
    • Speaker, “Antitrust for a new Era: How the Biden Administration and Congress are Approaching Antitrust Law, Enforcement & Mergers,” May 27, 21
    • Co-author, Getting the Deal Through Competition Compliance 2021, Fifth Edition, Lexology, May 2021
    • Co-author, “The Jeld-Wen Legacy,” Global Competition Review, March 24, 2021
    • Featured in “Winston & Strawn Partner Susannah Torpey on Antitrust Enforcement Under Biden,” Corporate Crime Reporter, March, 17, 2021
    • Quoted in “Flying from the Glass Cliff – Opportunities for Women in Times of Covid 19” by Jeenie Kahng, DisruptHers, January 22, 2021
    • Speaker, “Open Source: How to Foster a Culture of Innovation Sharing,” with Mike Linksvayer (GitHub), Oliver Fendt (Siemens), and Christian Kaliner (Red Hat), IP Tech Summit, December 3, 2020
    • Co-Author, “The Times They Are A-Changin’: The Potential Impact of the Biden Administration on Antitrust Law and Enforcement,” U.S. Election / Global Impact Blog,  December 1, 2020
    • Speaker, “Circuit Riding: The 2020 Unilateral Conduct Update,” NYSBA Antitrust Section, November 17, 2020
    • Speaker, “disruptHers: Leading in a Crisis: Women in Tech on 2020’s Unique Challenges and Opportunities,” with Kalpana Chandrasekhar (Biteable), Jackie Yuen (JY International Consultants), and Marti Grimminck (International Connector), October 13, 2020
    • Speaker, “High-Tech Tension: The Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property,” October 9, 2020
    • Co-Author, “Congress Issues Antitrust Report on Large Tech Platforms,” Competition Corner, October 7, 2020
    • Speaker, “Global Tech Disruption Among Dominance,” with Daniel Francis (FTC), Harry Clarke (Spotify), Mark Friedman (Intel), and Peter Crowther (Winston), Berkeley Center for Law & Tech/Winston & Strawn's Disruptive Technologies Legal Summit, September 2020
    • Co-Author, “With a Focus on Promoting Innovation, DOJ Takes ‘Extraordinary Step’ to Update and Clarify Its 2015 IEEE Business Review Letter,” Competition Corner, September 2020
    • Author, “Sharp Elbows and Profit-Maximizing Licensing Ruled Insufficient Evidence of Anticompetitive Conduct in FTC v. Qualcomm, Inc.,” Competition Corner, August 14, 2020
    • Co-author, “Minimizing Risk at the Antitrust/Price-Gouging Intersection After Covid-19,” Bloomberg Law, June 2020
    • Speaker, “Price-Gouging in the Age of COVID-19: How Much Is that Hand Sanitizer in the Window?”, May 29, 2020
    • Speaker, “Future of Women in Tech,” with Amanda Richardson (CoderPad), Jean Hayden (Google), Christine Hawkins (HP), Dawn McIntosh (NASA), Claire Johnston (Lendlease), Dawn Lillington (Australian American Chamber of Commerce), and Marti Grimminck (International Connector), May 20, 2020
    • Speaker, “Competition Compliance in Times of Crisis: Managing Antitrust Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” April 30, 2020
    • Co-Author, “DOJ Antitrust Division Files Statement of Interest Against Intel’s and Apple’s Antitrust Claims Arising from FRAND Licensing Dispute,” Competition Corner, March 2020
    • Speaker, “Episode 1: Vertical Restraints,” Competition Corner, December 2019
    • Speaker, “Latest Legal and Economic Developments in Exclusive Dealing Cases,” NYSBA Antitrust Section, November 25, 2019
    • Speaker, “Global Antitrust Areas of Growing Concern for Technology Companies,” Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel All Hands Meeting, November 18, 2019
    • Speaker, “Precipice of Antitrust Overhaul or Business as Usual for Disruptive Tech?,” with Matthew Gessesse (FTC), Michael Wilson (IBM), Dr. Lawrence Wu (NERA), and Eric Meiring, High Tech Law Institute Santa Clara University School of Law, September 12, 2019
    • Quoted in “3 Things Employers Should Know About Antitrust Law,” by Braden Campbell, Law360, August 5, 2019
    • Quoted in “Disruptive Technology, Part 3: Managing the Risks, Reaping the Rewards, by A. Groves, Corporate Counsel, July 15, 2019
    • Quoted in “Disruptive Technology, Part 2: Where’s the Risk?,” by A. Groves, Corporate Counsel, July 12, 2019
    • Speaker, “The Second Coming of Fintech – Regulatory and Antitrust Considerations with Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain,” co-panelist with Michael Loesch and Danielle Williams, June 27, 2019
    • Quoted in “Disruptive Technology: Understanding the Risks and Rewards,” by K. Vidal, Corporate Counsel, June 27, 2019
    • Co-author, “Practical Guidance for Participants in Standard-Setting Organizations in the Wake of the DOJ’s Withdrawal of its Policy Statement on Remedies for Standard-Essential Patents,” Today’s General Counsel, April 1, 2019
    • Speaker, “Managing Antitrust Risk in Emerging Tech Markets,” co-panelist with Tom Dahdouh (FTC) and Professor Christopher Yoo (UPenn), Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, September 6, 2018
    • Author, “The FTC’s Sharpened Focus on Antitrust Enforcement Against Big Tech, Internet, and Social Media,” Competition Corner, April 16, 2018
    • Speaker, “No Poach Agreements: What the Future Holds,” NYS Bar Assoc. Cartel and Criminal Practice Committee Panel, June 14, 2018
    • Quoted in “What the DOJ’s Latest Case Says About No-Poach Policy,” by Matthew Perlman, Law360, April 10, 2018
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