Dylan S. Young | People | Arnold & Porter

Dylan Young represents clients faced with complex antitrust issues. He has worked at all stages of complex litigation, merger reviews, and civil conduct investigations. Dylan has represented clients engaged in individual, multi-defendant, class action, and multi-district litigations. He has helped clients navigate a broad range of evolving areas of antitrust jurisprudence including platform competition, merger challenges, and no-poach agreements. Dylan has represented clients in dynamic industries including payments, publishing, technology, agriculture, telecommunications, and life sciences.

Focus Areas

Experience

Visa, Inc. in defending multiple cases, including a government enforcement action and private follow-ons alleging anticompetitive conduct related to debit payments, individual and class actions challenging interchange fees and ATM access fees, and class actions alleging conspiracy claims related to digital wallets.
HarperCollins in private antitrust class action litigation brought against various book publishers and Amazon.
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals in federal and state class action and non-class action litigation alleging antitrust and marketing-related claims regarding one of its leading products; obtained complete defense verdict at trial in bankruptcy proceeding, defeating certain antitrust and civil RICO claims.

Global payment card company in DOJ investigation of alleged anticompetitive conduct relating to debit cards and subsequent litigation.
Regional Care Associates, a physician practice of oncology and hematology specialists, in its entry into a strategic relationship with The U.S. Oncology Network, an affiliate of McKesson Corporation.
American Securities, a global private equity firm, in the sale of Milk Specialties Global, one of the leading suppliers of protein and other ingredients derived from dairy, to Butterfly Equity, a private equity firm specializing in the food sector.
Monsanto in connection with its US$66 billion acquisition by Bayer, which closed after a 20-month DOJ investigation. The transaction was reviewed and approved by antitrust enforcers in the U.S., the EU, and almost 30 other jurisdictions.
Cisco Systems Inc. in its US$1.9 billion acquisition of cloud-based unified communications provider BroadSoft, Inc., which was cleared without a Second Request by DOJ and without conditions worldwide.

Numerex, an Internet of Things (IOT) M2M enterprise solutions provider, in its sale to Sierra Wireless, a global device-to-cloud solutions provider.

Asylum seeker in wrongful death FTCA action against the U.S.
Immigration NGOs in a bench trial challenging discrimination in the census questionnaire; obtained complete result for plaintiffs.
Asylum seeker on appeal to uphold his release from detention by ICE without due process; obtained complete result for client.

Perspectives

August 15, 2024

Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 91 Arnold & Porter Lawyers, Names Three as "Lawyers of the Year" and 80 as "Ones to Watch"

February 2, 2024

What to Expect in 2024 Merger Enforcement: Trends and Developments from 2023 (pdf)

Newsletter

May 2023

Competition Litigation Comparative Guide - US Chapter

Mondaq

January 19, 2023

What to Expect in 2023 Merger Enforcement: Trends and Developments from 2022 (pdf)

Advisory

July 13, 2022

FTC Workshop Contemplates “New Approach” to Pharmaceutical Mergers

Advisory

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Recognition

Best Lawyers

"Ones to Watch" Antitrust Law (NY) (2024-2025)

Credentials

Education

J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2016, with high honors, Order of the Coif
B.A., Political Science, Fordham University, 2013, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

New York
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia