Howard Mark Ullman

Attorney, private practice. I handle civil litigation and also advise and counsel primarily in the areas below. Litigation * I represent clients (both defendants and corporate plaintiffs) in antitrust litigation. On the defense side, I have represented clients in private suits, class action litigation, class action opt-out litigation, and government actions. * I routinely work on claims involving pricing, price fixing, below-cost pricing, information exchanges, monopolization, attempted monopolization, and unfair competition. * I often work on cases at the intersection of antitrust and competition law and intellectual property (“IP”) law -- particularly on cases involving patents. * I have worked on the responses to numerous government subpoenas (including grand jury subpoenas), civil investigative demands (“CIDs”), and Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) second requests. * I work on cases at all levels of the judicial system, from trial courts to appellate courts. Counseling I provide counseling on, among other things: * Exclusive dealing * Joint ventures * Information exchange issues * Product tying * Intellectual property (“IP”) licensing * Distributor or supplier terminations * Price discrimination, resale price maintenance, minimum advertised price programs, and below-cost pricing * Distribution system structure * Market concentration and market definition * The application of state unfair antitrust and competition laws * Other related issues Specialties Antitrust, unfair competition, intellectual property (“IP”) law, complex litigation ?My industry sector experience includes computer hardware and software, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, health care, energy, banking, and retail.