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Craig P. Seebald is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Washington, D.C. office. Craig is a member of the Firm's Antitrust and Competition Practice Group, where he focuses his practice on all aspects of antitrust law, including defending companies involved in government investigations, defending mergers and joint ventures before the antitrust agencies, providing antitrust counseling and representing clients in civil and criminal litigation.
A key area of Craig's practice is defending companies involved in cartel and price fixing investigations. He has successfully defended companies in grand jury investigations and coordinated the defense of multi-jurisdiction cartel investigations. He has also represented clients in obtaining amnesty from the Department of Justice. He has successfully defended companies in state and federal class actions in cartel cases.
Another key area of Craig's practice is representing clients in antitrust matters involving intellectual property. He has counseled clients on patent pools, standard setting, patent acquisition and licensing. He has litigated several antitrust cases involving patent pools, licensing agreements, standard setting and the enforcement of invalid patents.
Craig has also successfully defended large-scale acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures and other collaborations before the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice and Department of Defense. In addition, Craig also regularly counsels clients on distribution issues and is a member of the Firm's Distribution Practice Group.
Craig is recognized in Mondaq's Survey of the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Advisors.
Key Cases
DRAM Antitrust Litigation: Obtained non-prosecution agreement from the Department of Justice and defended follow on civil litigation
SRAM Antitrust Litigation: Represents Renesas and Hitachi in multi-district class actions alleging a conspiracy to fix the price of SRAM memory products
Flash Antitrust Litigation: Represents Renesas and Hitachi in multi-district class actions alleging a conspiracy to fix the price of Flash memory products
Graphite Electrodes Litigation: Represented VAW in Department of Justice investigation and various civil actions alleging a conspiracy to fix prices
Cyntegra v. IDEXX Laboratories: Obtained summary judgment for IDEXX in monopolization case (reported at 520 F. Supp.2d 1191)
Franz v. Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.: Represented Hitachi Maxell in indirect purchaser monopolization case involving back up computer tapes
Serono v. Ferring: Defended Serono against monopolization claim involving reproductive therapies
Ricoh v. CMC: Defended monopolization and price fixing claims involving CDs
Imation v. Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.: Defended Hitachi Maxell in monopolization and conspiracy case involving back up tapes
Northwest Aluminum v. Hydro Aluminum: Represented Hydro in a price fixing case in the carbon cathodes industry
IVAX v. 3M: Prosecuted Walker Process monopolization claims involving asthma medicine
Represented amnesty applicant in a significant cartel matter
Conducted numerous internal investigations
Represented numerous companies in non-public Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission investigations involving monopolization claims, licensing agreements, patent ambushes, consumer protection matters and cartels
Key Transactions
Diageo/Seagram: Successfully defended merger creating world's largest alcohol beverage company
Lockheed Martin/BAE: Acquisition of flight control competitor, creating largest flight control competitor
Lockheed/Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin/Loral: Creation of largest defense contractor
In re MSC: Secured key divestiture for harmed customer of merging parties
Defended numerous teaming agreements and joint ventures before the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Defense
Selected Publications and Speaking Engagements
Featured speaker at Korea Economic Daily Conference in Seoul, Korea. Presented paper on "Dealing with Competitors" and featured in lengthy article in Korea's Business Week (June 26, 2006).
Co-author, ABA Antitrust Section's Proving Antitrust Damages, 2nd Ed., statute of limitations chapter
Contributor, ABA Antitrust Section's Antitrust Law Developments, 4th and 5th Ed.
Author, "N-data: Expansion of FTC's Authority," Competition Law360
Lecturer, Defense Mergers, Washington Research Group Conference
Presenter, Antitrust in a High Tech Environment, Western Briefing Conference
Author, "Antitrust Agencies' Cautious Approach Provides Opportunities," Markets Magazine
Lecturer, Defending Beverage Alcohol Mergers, National Alcohol Beverage Control Association Conference
Education
George Washington University Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 1992
Franklin & Marshall College, B.A., 1989 | 