Elyse M. Greenwald

Ms. Greenwald’s matters include representing:

• Cox Media Group, in a complex multidistrict litigation alleging price fixing and information exchange violations arising out of a Department of Justice investigation into local television advertising sales practices
• Ford Motor Company, in an antitrust consumer class action brought under California’s Cartwright Act in the complex litigation department of the San Francisco Superior Court
• General Electric and GE Healthcare, in a putative antitrust class action in which the plaintiffs, a hospital and surgery center, alleged that GE monopolized the aftermarket for anesthesia services; the parties reached a confidential settlement after GE filed a successful motion to compel mediation shortly after the complaint was filed
• Ocean Spray Cranberries, in defense of an antitrust class action brought by cranberry growers; the court dismissed 10 of the 13 counts against Ocean Spray, denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, and granted Ocean Spray’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ monopolization claim
• Olam Peanut Shelling Company, the US subsidiary of Olam International, against allegations of price-fixing brought in the Eastern District of Virginia; the matter settled favorably prior to trial
• Oracle and NetSuite, in a week-long federal jury trial in the Northern District of California, defending against claims of fraud brought by a former NetSuite customer; after excluding plaintiff’s damages expert before trial, the jury returned a complete defense verdict for Oracle and NetSuite after deliberating for little more than an hour
• Oracle, in a putative class action in the Northern District of California; the plaintiffs alleged that Oracle entered into agreements with other technology companies not to hire or solicit each other’s employees in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act and California law; the court granted Oracle’s motion to dismiss with prejudice and entered judgment in Oracle’s favor
• Surescripts, a pioneer of electronic prescribing, in lawsuits brought by the Federal Trade Commission and civil follow-on plaintiffs, alleging monopolization of e-prescription markets through allegedly exclusionary contracts