Ashley Bauer, Co-Chair of Latham’s Bay Area Litigation & Trial Department, has a wide range of experience in federal and state litigation and private arbitration, including antitrust litigation and cartel investigations, white collar criminal defense, and class action litigation.
Ashley’s antitrust practice includes regulatory investigations and the civil class action cases that typically follow. She has represented companies in cases involving alleged violations of state and federal antitrust laws brought by direct and indirect purchasers, including claims of:
Ashley has extensive experience as global coordinating counsel on price-fixing investigations and private damages actions before regulators and courts in the US, Australia, Canada, Europe, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and South Africa.
Ashley also serves as an early neutral evaluator and a mediator on the Northern District of California’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel.
Ashley served as the San Francisco Co-Chair of Latham’s WEB program and as a member of the firm’s Training and Career Enhancement and Mentoring Committees.
Prior to joining Latham, Ashley clerked for the Hon. Robert E. Coyle in the Eastern District of California.
Ashley’s experience includes representing:
Washington, D.C. Office Managing Partner Mandy Reeves celebrates her second win as Dealmaker of the Year and two litigation teams earn top honors.
A Latham antitrust team led by partners Chris Yates, Belinda Lee, Ashley Bauer, and Alicia Jovais, earned recognition in The American Lawyer’s Litigators of the Week column for their success defending EssilorLuxottica in an antitrust class action.
A Latham antitrust litigation team successfully defended Apple in a lawsuit accusing our client and others of colluding to inflate fees charged to merchants for point-of-sale transactions.