Mandy Chan-Lucero

Antitrust and Competition

• Achieved complete dismissal for rebar micro-mill manufacturer alleged to have attempted to monopolize the rebar manufacturing market in violation of the U.S. Sherman Act, the California Cartwright Act, and the California Unfair Competition Law
• On behalf of a property management company, successfully settled and obtained voluntary dismissal from the In Re: RealPage Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (NO. II) multidistrict litigation (MDL) alleging that client's use of use of algorithmic pricing software violated federal and state antitrust laws
• Advised a consortium of energy companies on antitrust issues arising from formation of a joint venture
• Represented a medical device company in a "killer acquisition" investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, and parallel congressional hearings, alleging antitrust violations that led to COVID-19 ventilator shortages
• Represented a US executive in a criminal price fixing investigation of the generic pharmaceuticals industry by the US DOJ, Antitrust Division and subsequent MDL class action litigation
• Represented a US agricultural company in a no-poach investigation by the US DOJ, Antitrust Division
• Represented a US company in a criminal customer allocation investigation by the US DOJ, Antitrust Division, in the media industry
• Represented a US chemical company in a criminal price fixing cartel investigation of the vitamins industry by the US DOJ, Antitrust Division
• Represented a US executive in a criminal bid-rigging investigation of the San Francisco residential property foreclosure auction markets by the US DOJ, Antitrust Division
• Represented a US company in coordinating a global defense in a price fixing investigation of the rental car industry by the US DOJ, Antitrust Division, the European Commission, and Brazil's Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE)
• Represented a Japanese executive in a criminal price fixing investigation of the automotive ball bearing industry by the US DOJ, Antitrust Division
  

White Collar

• Represented a Chinese internet technology company in an internal investigation regarding an allegation that an employee had engaged in a scheme to defraud the company by contracting with entities and individuals with close personal relationships to the employee and receiving kickbacks
• Represented a US professional women's soccer club in an internal investigation, culture and compliance review, and defense of the termination of a former head coach for sexual harassment and other misconduct in connection with parallel investigations by the US Soccer Federation, the Players Association, and the National Women's Soccer League
• Represented a co-founder and former CEO of a farm-to-table meat company in connection with a US DOJ grand jury investigation and civil litigation relating to allegations of workplace harassment, sexual abuse, and fraudulent behavior
• Represented a Chinese internet technology company in an internal investigation regarding allegations related to the use of materials from other internet sources
• Represented a global financial technology company in an internal investigation of its Spanish and Lithuania subsidiaries relating to allegations of workplace bullying, retaliation, and regulatory noncompliance
• Represented a US financial company in an internal investigation of its compliance with capital ratio thresholds and other Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) requirements
• Represented the Special Committee for Workplace Responsibility for an international video and technology company in connection with a series of allegations relating to sexual harassment, toxic working environment, and poor compliance practices
• Represented the Special Committee for a New York and London technology company relating to an internal investigation of its CEO for gender discrimination and creating a culture of silence
• Represented a public US-based technology company in a global internal investigation of its sales and distribution organization for alleged "preloading" of transactions and material impact on quarterly earnings reports
• Represented a sports and television enterprise in an internal investigation regarding allegations that the star of a TV show had engaged in abusive behavior towards colleagues, threatening the viability of the show's production
• Represented a US pharmaceutical company in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) internal investigation in Indonesia
• Represented a top Silicon Valley technology company in its internal investigation into the alleged use of resale price maintenance agreements, kickbacks, and improper revenue recognition practices in its Russian and Israeli divisions
• Represented a US technology company in connection with parallel investigations by the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and US DOJ into alleged FCPA violations in India
• Represented a US technology company in parallel shareholder derivative and securities class action suits
• Represented a US dating services company in civil enforcement action by a joint task force of the District Attorneys of four California counties and the Santa Monica City Attorney for alleged violations of automatic renewal and dating services laws
• Represented a US fitness center chain in civil enforcement action by a joint task force of the District Attorneys of eight California counties for alleged violations of automatic renewal and health studio services laws