Howard M. Ullman

Howard Ullman,

of counsel in the San Francisco office, is a member of the Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on antitrust, trade regulation and unfair competition issues. He has extensive experience advising on distribution law and distribution system issues (including pricing issues, non-price restraints and dealer termination issues). He routinely addresses and counsels on the antitrust / intellectual property interface.

Mr. Ullman represents Nanya Technology Corporation and Nanya Technology Corporation USA in the national DRAM antitrust price-fixing cases. Other price-fixing experience includes representation of a large purchaser in connection with the SRAM antitrust price-fixing litigation, and representation of companies in alleged school milk and paint pigment cartels.

He has also worked on antitrust cases for PG&E Corporation, Equifax, One Technologies, and a number of other companies. He regularly counsels companies on competition issues, including Robinson-Patman Act issues and market concentration issues. He has worked on a number of Cal. Bus. and Prof. Code Section 17200 (unfair competition) litigations. He has also worked on a number of antitrust-healthcare related matters, including mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Ullman currently is working on antitrust cases in the life insurance industry and for Microsoft Corp. in connection with intellectual property issues. He recently finished cases for for a supplier of industrial equipment (commercial scales) and involving below-cost pricing in the retail gasoline industry. He also recently worked on a Section 2 case for a pool products manufacturer that resolved favorably.

Mr. Ullman also has substantial experience in the defense of Proposition 65 cases alleging consumer exposures to cadmium, lead, mercury and benzo(a)pyrene. He also has briefed and argued numerous appeals in state courts and in the Ninth Circuit.

In 2004, he briefed and successfully argued a case of first impression in the Washington Supreme Court concerning the enforceability of arbitration provisions.

He formerly served as an adjunct instructor of law at the University of Cincinnati.

Mr. Ullman frequently writes on antitrust issues and often is quoted or interviewed in national media. He also has conducted a number of antitrust law webinars.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) Antitrust & Competition, 2) Counseling & Compliance (Antitrust), 3) Appellate Litigation (Antitrust), 4) Private Litigation (Antitrust), 5) Commercial Litigation, 6) Disputes & Litigation, 7) Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, 8) Proposition 65 Counseling & Defense and 9) Mas
Law School J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1992
Education B.A., University of Chicago
Bar Member / Association State bar of California,State bar of Ohio,State bar of Illinois
Most recent firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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