Steve Reed is a nationally-recognized litigator at the trial and appellate levels with a broad practice representing clients in high-stakes class actions and other commercial litigation in a wide range of substantive areas, including antitrust, securities fraud, shareholder derivative, mass torts, and merger challenges. He has appeared before federal and state local courts in more than 30 states, and is listed in leading peer review guides for antitrust, “bet the company,” general commercial, and securities litigation. Steve is the practice group leader of the firm's global antitrust and competition law practice.
A trusted advisor to his clients, Steve is regularly called upon to tackle companies’ most critical legal challenges, which often include multiple dimensions. In addition to litigation, Steve has represented clients in response to government investigations by federal agencies, by state attorneys general in all 50 states, and congressional inquiries in both the House and the Senate. He also counsels clients on risk mitigation strategies and during due diligence before corporate acquisitions. Steve’s clients include leading companies in pharmaceuticals and the life sciences, healthcare, insurance, oil and gas, technology, finance, retail, transportation, chemical, entertainment, banking, and paper and office products, among other industries.
Steve’s recent noteworthy matters include four MDLs (In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation; In re: Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation; In re: North Sea Brent Crude Oil Futures Litigation; and In re: Zetia Antitrust Litigation); the defense of a lawsuit brought by the FTC challenging constitutionally-protected petitioning activity that presented a matter of first impression relating to the FTC’s authority to sue in federal court; the defense against a challenge by dozens of taxi cab companies to the competitive entry of a transportation network company in Philadelphia; the defense of a pharmaceutical company accused of entering into a “pay for delay” settlement with respect to a blockbuster drug; and the defense of a company accused of participating in an alleged, industry-wide price fixing conspiracy.
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Shareholder and derivative actions:
Practice Group Leader, Practice Group of the Year, Competition, Law360 (2017, 2018)
Practice Group Leader, Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust, The Best Lawyers in America (2017)
Acritas Star (2017–2019)
MVP, Competition, Law360 (2018-2019)
Ranked, Pennsylvania: Antitrust, Chambers USA (2019)
Ranked, Chambers USA (2007–2008, 2014–2019)
Recognized, Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America (2007–2020)
Recommended, Antitrust: Cartel, The Legal 500 US (2019)
Recommended, Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: defense, The Legal 500 US (2019)
Recommended, Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense, The Legal 500 US (2019)
Litigation Star, Antitrust, General Commercial, Securities, Philadelphia, Benchmark Litigation (2016–2019)
Life Sciences Star, Non-IP Litigation and Enforcement, LMG Life Sciences (2013–2019)
Lawyer of the Year, Antitrust Law, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2016)
Best of the Bar, Business Litigation, Philadelphia Business Journal (2018)
Recognized, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2005–2009, 2013–2019)
Client Service All Star, BTI Consulting Inc. (2013)
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