Morgan Frontczak

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Professional Experience

: Current; Reuters Group plc Secured antitrust clearance for Reuters in its $17.2 billion combination with The Thomson Corporation Weil Gotshal attorneys secured antitrust clearances for Reuters Group PLC in its $17.2 billion combination with The Thomson Corporation. Regulatory clearance was successfully obtained from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice after the parties agreed to sell copies of certain databases. Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading provider of news and data for professional markets.

: Current; Univision Music Group Acquisition of Univision Music Group by Universal Music Group Secured antitrust clearance from the FTC, without a second request, for the $140 million sale by Univision Music Group, leading producer of Latin recorded music in the U.S. and Mexico, to Universal Music Group.

: Current; Staples, Inc. Staples' bid to acquire Corporate Express Representing Staples, Inc. and Staples Acquisition B.V., in the US and EU, in connection with its unsolicited multi-billion dollar cash bid to acquire Corporate Express N.V. Weil Gotshal is also coordinating the worldwide antitrust clearance process. Antitrust clearance for the transaction was obtained in the United States in the first half of 2008 and it is anticipated that clearance in the European Union will be granted in the near future.

: Current; Johnson & Johnson Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. Ethicon, Inc., et al., 03-CV-1329 (C.D. Cal. 2006) Obtained a complete defense verdict for client, Johnson & Johnson, in an antitrust case challenging J&J's practice of offering the best prices to its customers who purchased sutures and endomechanical products (a so-called "bundle") from J&J. more

: Current; Johnson & Johnson ConMed Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. Following Johnson & Johnson’s victory in the Applied Medical antitrust trial J&J faced another court case over similar “bundling” allegations made by ConMed Corporation. The stakes were enormous; ConMed’s own public filings acknowledged it was asserting damages claims of $1.7 billion before trebling. Trial was avoided and the case settled for $11 million - less than one percent of the (untrebled) damages number - and no conduct relief.

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