Antitrust/Competition

Richard Rosen represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and in civil and criminal enforcement matters before the federal antitrust agencies, as well as antitrust counseling and litigation. His practice focuses on clients in the telecommunications, information technology and media industries, and includes representation of clients before the Federal Communications Commission.

Prior to joining Arnold & Porter LLP, Mr. Rosen served as Chief of the Communications and Finance Section of the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Assistant Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, and as Attorney Advisor to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.

Antitrust/Competition Representative Matters

• Represented AT&T Inc. and its predecessor, SBC Communications, in major acquisitions, including:
  • Lead counsel in Cingular Wireless’s US$41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless, and AT&T’s acquisitions of Dobson Communications, Centennial Communications, and wireless properties divested by Verizon and ALLTEL.
  • Co-Counsel in SBC’s acquisitions of AT&T Corporation, Bell South, Ameritech, and Pacific Telesis.
• Cisco Systems in its acquisitions of NDS Group Limited, Starent Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, the Linksys Group, and Airespace Corporation.
• Bucyrus International in the global antitrust approvals for its $1.3 billion acquisition of the mining equipment business of Terex Corporation and its acquisition by Caterpillar, Inc.
• Computer Associates in its acquisitions of Legent Corporation, Platinum Technology International, and Sterling Software.
• The Recording Industry Association of America in a Department of Justice antitrust investigation of the online distribution of recorded music, which concluded without any enforcement action.
• VeriSign Inc, in federal agency matters relating to the operation of the .com domain registry and renewal of its registry agreement.
• Budget Rent-A-Car in FTC and consumer protection matters relating to fuel charges.