Meegan F. Hollywood

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Experience

Meegan Hollywood prosecutes actions involving price-fixing, unlawful monopolization and other anticompetitive practices. She previously litigated the In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, involving a class of direct purchasers who recovered over $1.2 billion in settlements for an alleged global conspiracy in the market for airfreight services. Ms. Hollywood currently serves on the court-appointed plaintiffs’ steering committee in In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation representing a proposed class of purchasers of broadcast television spot advertising against defendants who are alleged to have engaged in a scheme to artificially inflate prices in violation of federal antitrust law. Additionally, she currently represents a direct action plaintiff in opt-out litigation against two of the largest freight railroads in the country for allegedly conspiring to fix prices on rail shipments. She has also defended clients in complex commercial litigation and in white collar and securities fraud investigations. 

Ms. Hollywood is the pro bono chair for the New York Office, an advisory board member of the American Antitrust Institute, and Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section Global Private Litigation Committee. Ms. Hollywood is also Co-Chair of the police misconduct subcommittee of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Racial Injustice and Police Reform. She is currently working with KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) to provide pro bono assistance to unaccompanied refugee children seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in the United States.

In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation: Over $1.2 billion in settlements for an alleged global conspiracy to fix surcharges for air cargo shipping services. Defendants in the decade-long litigation included many of the world’s largest airlines. 

In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation: Serving on the court-appointed plaintiffs’ steering committee representing a proposed class of purchasers of broadcast television spot advertising against defendants who are alleged to have engaged in a scheme to artificially inflate prices in violation of federal antitrust law.

In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation: Over $433 million in settlements regarding an alleged conspiracy to unlawfully fix the prices of polyurethane foam in the United States.

Representing one of the world’s largest energy companies in connection with its antitrust claims against defendant freight railroads for allegedly conspiring to increase revenue by imposing non-negotiable fuel surcharges on rail shipments.

Chambers USA
Benchmark Litigation Star 2022
On the Rise Winner - Meegan Hollywood
Super Lawyers Meegan Hollywood
Meegan Hollywood - 40 Under 40 Award Badge
  • Benchmark Litigation: New York Future Star (2022-2024 editions)
  • Chambers USA—Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff, New York—Up and Coming Attorney (2022-2023)
  • Crain's New York Business: Notable Diverse Leader in Law (2022)
  • Super Lawyers: New York Super Lawyer (2022-2023)
  • Bloomberg Law: They've Got Next: The 40 Under 40 (2022)
  • Crain's New York Business: Notable Woman in Law (2021)
  • New York Law Journal: Rising Star (2021)
  • The National Law Journal: Rising Star of the Plaintiffs Bar (2021)
  • Global Competition Review: 40 Under 40 List (2020)
  • Law360: Competition Editorial Advisory Board (2020)
  • American Bar Association: On the Rise: Top 40 Young Lawyer (2018)
  • Global Competition Review: Lawyer of the Year Under 40 Finalist (2018)
  • Profiles in Diversity Journal: Woman Worth Watching (2018)
  • Super Lawyers: New York Rising Star (2015-2018)
  • Global Investigations Review: Woman in Investigations (2015)
  • American Antitrust Institute: Antitrust Enforcement Award Finalist and Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement by a Young Lawyer Finalist (2014)
Bar Admissions
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Education
  • Villanova Law School, J.D., cum laude (2007); Managing Editor of Research and Writing, Villanova Law Review
  • State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A. in Political Science, cum laude (2004)
Professional Associations
  • American Antitrust Institute, Advisory Board 
  • American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law; Vice Chair, Global Private Litigation Committee
  • New York State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section; NYSBA Task Force on Racial Injustice and Police Reform; Police Misconduct Subcommittee, Co-Chair
     

  • Eureka! Foreign Evidence in U.S. Antitrust Litigation
    American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting, Webinar (March 25, 2021)
  • Health Care Antitrust Under President Biden
    Robins Kaplan LLP, Webinar (March 9, 2021)
  • The Economics of Pricing Conduct
    Panelist, American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section Pricing Conduct, Economics, and Criminal Cartel Committees, Webinar (January 13, 2021)
  • Franchising Agreements and the No-Poach Approach 
    American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, New York, New York (March 13, 2020)
  • New Frontiers in Antitrust
    American Bar Association, Section of Litigation & Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division CLE Conference, New York, New York (May 1, 2019)
  • Why Antitrust
    American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, New York, New York (February 25, 2019)
  • Becoming an Antitrust Lawyer
    New York State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section, New York, New York (March 10, 2016)
  • Antitrust and Competition
    New York State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, New York, New York (January 30, 2015)
November 10, 2021
March 25, 2021
WEBINAR | Eureka! Foreign Evidence in U.S. Antitrust Litigation
Meegan Hollywood - American Bar Association
Remote
March 9, 2021
WEBINAR | Health Care Antitrust under President Biden
Jake Holdreith, Thomas Mahlum, William Reiss, Meegan Hollywood, Eamon O'Kelly and Matthew Geyer
Remote

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