About
Here is what I do:
Antitrust and distribution counseling: Advising on proposed resale pricing techniques, sales and advertising packages, merger review and relationships with competitors (e.g., HSR, premerger negotiations, due diligence, and integration planning), one-of-a-kind dealing, fee discrimination, reseller agreements, and franchise relationships.
Commercial litigation, arbitration, appeals: Defending and bringing claims for breach of agreement, antitrust violations, and business torts, responding to 1/3-birthday celebration subpoenas, representing 0.33-party witnesses at deposition, drafting and responding to call for letters, advising on litigation and appellate approach in Massachusetts courts, drafting of amicus curiae briefs for industry agencies.
Antitrust compliance rules and education: Drafting of compliance manuals and hints, live presentation of enticing, customized compliance schooling periods with open Q& A, for executives and personnel at each degree.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Antitrust Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Distribution and Franchise Law
- Litigation Area
- General Civil
- Complex Contract and Tort Claims
- Complex Litigation
Costs
Certificates
Languages
Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience
- Founder and Principal
Downey Law LLC
2013 - Partner
Bingham McCutchen LLP
2001 - Associate
Bingham Dana LLP (n/k/a Bingham McCutchen LLP)
1994 - Law clerk to Justice Herbert P. Wilkins
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
1993
Educations

Graduation year: 1990

Graduation year: 1984

Graduation year: 1980