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Kenneth G. Starling

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kenneth.starling@dlapiper.com

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500 Eighth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
United States
T: +1 202 799 4518 F: +1 202 799 5518

Kenneth Starling, a senior antitrust lawyer, focuses his practice on antitrust litigation and counseling, particularly in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, intellectual property, horizontal restraints and distribution practices. He has represented trade associations and companies in many industries, including health care (professionals, hospitals, medical device, pharmaceuticals), telecommunications, insurance, steel, waste management, railroads and railroad equipment, construction, software, petroleum, electronics, coal, mining and food and dairy. He has extensive experience in all phases of civil litigation, in both trial and appellate courts, and has led a substantial number of criminal trials and investigations. In addition to litigation and counseling, Mr. Starling is experienced in legislative practice.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Starling was a deputy assistant attorney general in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice; chief counsel (antitrust) at the Senate Judiciary Committee; assistant director for litigation (Bureau of Competition) at the Federal Trade Commission; antitrust counsel to the House Judiciary Committee; and an assistant United States attorney. He is also a frequent speaker on antitrust law topics.

Admissions

District of Columbia
North Carolina

Memberships

Adjunct Professor of Law (Antitrust), Georgetown University Law Center
US Alternate Delegate, Panel of Legal Experts, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization

Publications

Co-author, "Antitrust Agencies Issue Revised Premerger Notification and Report Form Required for HSR Filings," DLA Piper Antitrust Alert, July 8, 2011
"State's Price Fixing Claims Against Tempur-Pedic Put to Bed in New York," DLA Piper FranCast, January 26, 2011
Co-author, "FTC Announces Annual Revisions to HSR Act Thresholds 2011," DLA Piper Antitrust Alert, January 24, 2011
Co-author, "Federal Enforcers Issue Proposed New Horizontal Merger Guidelines," DLA Piper Antitrust Alert, June 14, 2010
Co-author, "FTC Seeks to Break New Ground in Lawsuit Against Intel Corporation," DLA Piper Antitrust Alert, January 6, 2010
Co-author, "House Considering Federal 'Leegin Repealer' Legislation," DLA Piper Antitrust Alert, July 24, 2009
Co-author, "Supreme Court Rejects Price Squeeze Theory of Liability," DLA Piper Antitrust Alert, March 20, 2009
Co-author, "President Signs Amendments to the Exon-Florio Review of Foreign Acquisitions of US Business Entities," DLA Piper Mergers and Acquisitions Newsletter, August 27, 2007
"Antitrust Defenses in Physician Peer Review Cases," 63 Antitrust Law Journal 399 (1995)
"Trade Restraint/Antitrust Issues Among Health Care," J. Royal Society of Health (June 1996 Supplement)
"Trade Deficit and Legislative Surplus: The New Joint Venture Legislation," 58 Antitrust Law Journal 671 (1989)
"Criminal Antitrust Enforcement," 57 Antitrust Law Journal 157 (1988)
"The Reagan Legacy In Antitrust: The Perspective of the Antitrust Division," 35 Fed Bar News & Journal 242 (June 1988)
"Antitrust Risks of Salary Information Sharing," ABA Business Law Section, Antitrust Law Committee Newsletter (March 2002)
"Increasing the FTC's Burden: Quick Look Versus Full Rule of Reason," The Federalist Society, Corporations, Securities & Antitrust News, (Summer 1999)
"Application of Antitrust Law to Managed Care Organizations," in A Roadmap to Managed Care, ABA Continuing Legal Education (1999)

Prior Experience

Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Chief Counsel (Antitrust) at the Senate Judiciary Committee
Assistant Director for Litigation (Bureau of Competition) at the Federal Trade Commission
Antitrust counsel to the House Judiciary Committee
Assistant United States Attorney