Practice Areas

Bauch & Michaels proactively identifies and pursues antitrust recovery opportunities for its corporate and government clients. As the regulatory environment continues to evolve and expand into the technology sector domestically, our lawyers seek to recover unlawful overcharges paid by clients due to cartel or other illegal conduct of suppliers or competitors.

Our attorneys have a broad knowledge of the antitrust arena rooted in experience and their knowledge of best practices.   In late 2024, the Illinois Institute of Continuing Education published the updated handbook Business Law: Miscellaneous Operating Issues.  Chapter 5 is an “Overview of Antitrust Law for the Corporate Practitioner” which was authored by Bauch & Michaels attorneys.  The chapter of the treatise discusses a broad range of antitrust litigation holdings on the subjects of monopolies, vertical and horizontal price fixing, per se and rule of reason violations, exclusive dealings, tying arrangements, price discrimination, and mergers and acquisitions.

We offer clients a portfolio of sophisticated alternatives to the class action approach, often achieving recoveries through negotiation, arbitration, and litigation with the potential of recovering more for individual claims than might be possible as a passive class member.

Bauch & Michaels guides clients through their greatest challenges and opportunities relating to unfair competition in the marketplace. We assess the level of regulatory risk at the outset of any engagement to better evaluate the legal or economic impact. Bauch & Michaels provides government investigation defense and navigates clients through all phases of the regulatory process.