Jonathan Jacobson is a partner in the firm’s New York office, where he practices antitrust law. Considered one of the country’s preeminent antitrust litigators, Jonathan has taken a lead role in representing major corporate clients in many high-profile antitrust litigations, investigations, trials, and appeals. He also serves as primary counsel for his clients on a wide variety of other antitrust matters. Among other noteworthy representations, Jonathan has served as lead counsel for Coca-Cola in several cases, including PepsiCo v. Coca-Cola, a leading monopolization case under Section 2 of the Sherman Act. He also led the representation of American Express in United States v. Visa USA; defended Google in the KinderStart, Person, and TradeComet cases; defended Netflix in In re Online DVD Rental Antitrust Litigation and Clear Channel in Heerwagen v. Clear Channel; and co-authored the brief for the respondents in the important Supreme Court case Eastman Kodak v. Image Technical Services. He serves currently as lead counsel in several major antitrust litigations.
Jonathan Jacobson, Joyce Choi, 66 NYU Annual Survey of American Law, Vol. 66:549 (2011).
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