John Chung
Biography
Overview
Experience
Toshiba Corporation, 2013
Trial counsel in antitrust action brought by consumer electronics retailer Best Buy seeking over US$2.3 billion in damages. After a six-week trial, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Toshiba, finding that Toshiba had not participated in the alleged antitrust conspiracy in the TFT-LCD market.
Toshiba Corporation, 2007–2012
Trial counsel in civil and criminal antitrust proceedings in the thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) market, including a six-week jury trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Co-lead author of the petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of In re Grand Jury Subpoenas, 627 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 2010), cert. denied, 131 S. Ct. 3061 (June 27, 2011), and challenging the Department of Justice's use of grand jury subpoenas to obtain documents produced in the parallel TFT-LCD civil class actions.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, 2003–2012
Counsel in Sherman Act and Robinson-Patman Act cases brought by thousands of opt-out plaintiffs in the Eastern District of New York. Prevailed on summary judgment leading to the dismissal of plaintiffs' Robinson-Patman Act claims, 'Drug Mart Pharmacy Corp. v. American Home Products Corp., 2012 WL 3544771 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 16, 2012)' (appeal pending).
Ad Hoc Committee of Arahova Noteholders, 2006–2007
Represented the Arahova Noteholders in the chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of Adelphia Communications Corporation. After the debtor and other creditor constituencies threatened to materially reduce Arahova Noteholders' recovery and nearly two years of ensuing litigation, positioned client to obtain near full recovery.
"Applying Settlement Offsets to Antitrust Judgments", April 10, 2013: ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting, Business Torts and Civil RICO and Trial Practice Committees, (speaker)
"Global Cartel Investigations and Recent Antitrust Law Developments: Japan, the EU, the US, and China", September 13, 2007: Special Presentation to the Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment, (speaker)