Experience

William Reiss has nearly two decades of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high profile antitrust litigation. Mr. Reiss was a member of the successful trial team in the precedent-setting antitrust litigation captioned Coalition for a Level Playing Field, L.L.C. v. AutoZone, Inc., 00-cv-00953-LDW (E.D.N.Y.).

Mr. Reiss focuses his practice on complex antitrust litigation and class actions, with particular focus litigating antitrust claims in the pharmaceutical, automotive, marine products, and financial services industries. In addition, Mr. Reiss provides extensive antitrust counseling work on behalf of generic pharmaceutical companies. He currently serves as co-lead class counsel on behalf of a class of end-payor purchasers of automobiles in In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation for which he has been instrumental in achieving one of the largest indirect purchaser recoveries in U.S. history (approximately $1.2 billion in partial settlements to date).  In addition, Mr. Reiss currently serves as co-lead counsel in In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee Antitrust Litigation, a proposed class action against Keurig for allegedly obtaining an unlawful monopoly through a multifaceted scheme of anticompetitive acquisitions, exclusive dealing, and sham patent litigation, and In re Interior Molded Doors Antitrust Litigation. He was recently named The National Law Journal’s “Antitrust and M&A Trailblazer.”