Chuck Samel's practice focuses on antitrust litigation, antitrust counseling, and complex commercial litigation. Chuck advises clients about whether their sales, pricing, marketing, and distribution practices, or those of their competitors, comply with the antitrust laws. He also provides antitrust compliance training programs for corporate employees.

Clients trust Chuck for his judgment and have confidence he will resolve their disputes successfully and cost-effectively through negotiation, mediation, or litigation. Chuck has experience litigating almost every type of complex business claim, including antitrust class actions and antitrust litigation alleging monopolization, price discrimination, exclusive dealing, minimum advertised pricing policies (MAPP), and price-fixing. Chambers USA observed that Chuck “enjoys a fine reputation as a superb and highly adept class actions litigator.”

The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has intensified its scrutiny of health care markets by establishing a dedicated task force: the Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion.

The risks go beyond a suit for an injunction. The Antitrust Division has been coordinating with False Claims Act prosecutors who have sought