Anna M. Rathbun

Anna’s experience includes representing:

Sports

• US Soccer Federation:
  • Obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a jury trial related to allegations that US Soccer unlawfully denied D1 sanctioning to a professional soccer league
  • Represented US Soccer in a three-day evidentiary hearing to defend against claims that Hope Solo brought under the Ted Stevens Act, resulting in Solo’s agreement to dismiss her claims with prejudice
• NASCAR in connection with monopolization claims brought by race teams
• The Atlantic Coast Conference in connection with lawsuits related to student athlete name, image and likeness rights, and compensation and benefits
• The National Women’s Soccer League in litigation challenging the age requirement

Mergers

• EverWatch in defeating the DOJ’s motion for a preliminary injunction challenging its acquisition by Booz Allen Hamilton
• GRAIL in securing dismissal of an FTC complaint during an administrative trial in which the FTC challenged GRAIL’s acquisition by Illumina
• A building products manufacturer in defending against private merger litigation at a jury trial

Other Litigation

• A revenue management product provider in lawsuits alleging algorithmic price fixing
• A building products manufacturer in obtaining a successful jury verdict in a trade secrets litigation
• A client in obtaining the first global resolution of criminal and civil claims — including antitrust and False Claims Act claims — brought by the US government on favorable terms
• An auto parts manufacturer in successfully managing discovery and pretrial motions practice for a large multidistrict litigation, ultimately leading to a very favorable settlement for the client

Complex Class Actions

• In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation
• In re Air Cargo Antitrust Litigation
• In re Transpacific Passenger Antitrust Litigation
• In re Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigation
• In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Antitrust Litigation
• Borozny v. Raytheon Technologies