White & Case LLP - Lawyers

Practice Experience

Lucius B. (Albie) Lau focuses his practice on antitrust, commercial, and bankruptcy litigation, as well as work on behalf of foreign sovereigns. Mr. Lau also has significant experience in international trade litigation.

A former Assistant Director in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Lau has extensive courtroom experience. He has argued 75 cases at federal trial courts and 20 cases at federal appeal courts.

In the antitrust arena, Mr. Lau handles both civil and criminal matters. He has experience defending corporations facing class-action lawsuits and multi-district litigation. He has conducted internal investigations and antitrust grand jury investigations. He also has experience enforcing immunity agreements with the government and defending corporations in criminal trials.

Mr. Lau has litigated numerous bankruptcy matters. He has acted as litigation counsel to a liquidating trust, seeking the recovery of monies based upon several causes of action, including director and officer liability and fraudulent conveyances.

Significant litigation experience includes:

Appellate counsel in groundbreaking Freedom of Information Act case. In Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd. v. United States, 534 F.3d 728 (D.C. Cir. 2008), the D.C. Circuit held that the Antitrust Division could not use FOIA to withhold its amnesty agreements in their entirety. This case is the first case in the world to deal with free access to antitrust amnesty agreements.
Trial counsel for Stolt-Nielsen SA, representing that company in its successful efforts to preserve its amnesty. United States v. Stolt-Nielsen SA, 524 F. Supp. 2d 609 (E.D. Pa. 2007). Stolt-Nielsen entered the Antitrust Division's Corporate Leniency Program in late 2002, only to have its amnesty revoked in 2004. Mr. Lau, as part of a team of White & Case lawyers, then sued the Antitrust Division for breach of contract, obtaining an injunction barring prosecution that lasted for over two years. When this injunction was lifted in 2006 and Stolt-Nielsen was indicted – contrary to the Antitrust Division's promise of amnesty – Mr. Lau and the White & Case team convinced the Court to dismiss the indictment after a three-week trial.
Counsel for Stolt-Nielsen SA in its precedent-setting efforts to compel arbitration of antitrust claims. JLM Industries, Inc. v. Stolt-Nielsen SA, 387 F.3d 163 (2d Cir. 2004).
Lead trial and appellate counsel in successful defense of special import duties imposed by the President of the United States. Corus Group PLC v. George W. Bush, 217 F. Supp. 2d 1347 (CIT 2002), aff’d, 352 F.3d 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2003).
Lead appellate counsel in case preserving Chevron-deference for antidumping determinations rendered by the United States Department of Commerce. Pesquera Mares Australes v. United States, 266 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2001).

Bars and Courts
District of Columbia Bar, 1996
Virginia State Bar, 1994
US Supreme Court, 1999
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2007
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1999
US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2005
US District Court for the District of Columbia, 2004
US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2005
US District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 2005
US Court of International Trade, 1995
US Court of Federal Claims, 2004

Education
JD, Georgetown University Law Center, (Articles Editor, American Criminal Law Review), 1994
AB, Stanford University, (Departmental Honors, Economics), 1989

Awards and Recognition
Younger Federal Lawyers Award, Federal Bar Association, 2000
Silver Medal Award, US Department of Commerce, 1997

Publications
"Atlantic Sugar and De Novo Review on Appeal: The Right Answer for Appellate Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Determinations" 13 Fed. Cir. B.J. 221, 2004
"Agency Interpretations of the Statute after Mead with a Special Emphasis on the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws," 12 Fed. Cir. B.J. 223, 2002

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States