Posted on March 31, 2017
The ABA Section of Antitrust law recently held its annual Spring Meeting, which was attended by nearly 3,000 antitrust and consumer protection practitioners, government enforcers, academics and economists. On the first day of the meeting in Washington, D.C. on March 29, 2017, Alicia moderated a lively panel discussion of recent trends in price discrimination litigation in the United States by private parties invoking the Robinson-Patman Act.
Posted on January 2, 2017
Downey Law officially opened for business exactly four years ago, in January 2013. Thanks to supportive clients, colleagues, family and friends, the past four years have been both professionally and personally rewarding. I learn something new everyday and look forward to seeing what the future will bring.
Posted on October 21, 2016
Alicia Downey is the co-author of Chapter 7 of a newly published book entitled, Antitrust Law and Economics of Product Distribution, available from ABA Publications. Alicia’s chapter, “Price Discrimination and Related Conduct,” includes the perspectives of antitrust lawyers and economists. Her co-author is Dr. Robert Kneuper, a Director and Principal at Navigant Economics. To introduce this unique publication to the antitrust community, Alicia organized and served as the moderator of a telephonic “virtual book launch” on October 21, 2016, which featured the book’s editors and selected contributors.
Posted on August 22, 2016
The Business Law Section of the American Bar Association is holding its Annual Meeting on September 8-10, 2016, in Boston, where Alicia Downey is speaking on a CLE panel entitled, “Annual Antitrust Update for Business Lawyers.” As part of the presentation, Alicia will talk about the impact of recent antitrust developments on sales and distribution practices in the U.S. and the European Union.
Posted on August 15, 2016
Alicia Downey has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the Antitrust and Antitrust –Litigation lists in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017, which ranks the top 4% of practicing attorneys in the United States.
Posted on August 2, 2016
For the sixth year in a row, Alicia Downey has been invited by the Practising Law Institute to speak at its annual seminar on Antitrust Counseling and Compliance. Speaking live from New York, Alicia will focus on antitrust constraints on pricing conduct, including resale price maintenance, minimum advertised price restrictions, and price discrimination. This year her talk will also compare the antitrust treatment of pricing conduct under the laws of the U.S., European Union, China, and Canada. Alicia is honored to share the podium with the highly distinguished faculty members listed below. Seminar registration details can be found here.
Chairperson(s)
Speaker(s)
Patricia A. Conners ~ Associate Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Florida
Sonia K. Pfaffenroth ~ Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Posted on April 27, 2016
A special “Women in the Law” edition of 2016 Best Lawyers® – Business includes Downey Law in its listing of Massachusetts-based female antitrust practitioners. The cover photograph features 2015-2016 American Bar Association President Paulette Brown.
Posted on March 23, 2016
On March 22, 2016, Alicia Downey returned to her alma mater, Boston College Law School, to serve as a judge in the Wendell F. Grimes Moot Court Competition. Working in teams of two, third year law students presented appellate arguments in a criminal case in which the defendant challenged the constitutionality of a police search. In addition to competing for top honors in oral advocacy, the students submitted appellate briefs for consideration by a separate panel of judges.
Posted on January 29, 2016
In the three weeks since the Appeals Court’s decision issued on January 6, Downey Law’s appellate victory in Downey v. Chutehall Construction Co., Ltd., has been the subject of a front page article in the January 15, 2016 issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and a number of law firm blog posts, including here, here, here, here, here, and here. For a deeper understanding of the factual record and the issues presented by the case, readers are invited to peruse the Initial Brief we filed in the case.
Posted on January 1, 2016
It was exactly three years ago that I opened Downey Law with the support and encouragement of loyal clients, former colleagues, friends and family. It has been a great ride so far and I can’t wait to see what 2016 has in store.
Posted on November 4, 2015
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers recently announced their sixth annual “Best Law Firms” rankings, in which Downey Law earned recognition for its litigation and antitrust capabilities at both the national and local levels. According to the publishers’ press release, firms included in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise, as well as the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.
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