Brian was a key member of the trial team that won an acquittal for the former CEO of chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride after prosecutors in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice unsuccessfully sought to prove criminal antitrust violations in an unprecedented three separate trials. Over the course of six months at trial, Brian prepared jury addresses, cross examined government witnesses, drafted and argued trial motions, and developed strategies to defeat important elements of the government’s case.
Similarly, Brian helped client Samsung Electronics overcome class-action antitrust claims alleging that it conspired with other manufacturers of Dynamic Random-Access Memory to restrict output. Brian persuaded the trial judge to dismiss the claims with prejudice, and his briefing before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit resulted in a unanimous panel decision affirming the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims.
