Ryan C. Tisch is a partner in the firm's Antitrust Group. His practice focuses on antitrust business counseling, merger control, and government investigations of both horizontal and vertical antitrust conduct. Ryan's recent experience includes:

• Representing several clients, including Reed Elsevier Group Plc and AT&T, undertaking major mergers and acquisitions.
• Representing a major manufacturing client during a multi-year price-fixing investigation by US and European officials.
• Representing numerous clients in relation to investigations by state antitrust authorities for both horizontal and vertical conduct issues.
• Conducting antitrust compliance auditing and training for clients in the US and Europe, including extensive advice on risk mitigation with respect to trade association activities, data exchanges, and bid procurement, as well as advice on vertical issues, including resale price maintenance, price discrimination, and distribution issues.
• Counseling a variety of clients on antitrust compliance related to the structuring of complex distribution systems.

Ryan is also active in pro bono matters, with an emphasis on immigration and asylum issues. Since 2002, Ryan has served as a Co-Chair of the Generous Associates Campaign for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, which in 2007 raised more than $700,000 for the Society's work as the provider of counsel of last resort for Washington's most vulnerable individuals.

Ryan graduated from Yale College in 1998 with a B.A. in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. He earned his J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2001. He is a member of the Illinois Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.

Admissions/Affiliations

Publications

• "Good Things for Antitrust & IP: Will Leegin Bring GE to Life?," Distribution, the newsletter of the Distribution and Franchising Committee, ABA Antitrust Section, Vol. 12, No. 1 (February 2008). Co-Authors: Robert Lipstein and Ryan C. Tisch.
  
  
• "RPM in IP: RIP To Per Se?," Competition Law and IP Law360 (April 2007). Co-Authors: Robert Lipstein and Ryan C. Tisch.
  
  

Alerts & Newsletters

• "Third Circuit Clarifies Robinson-Patman Act's Competing Purchaser Requirement in Bid Situations," Antitrust Law Alert (January 12, 2010). Contacts: Robert A. Lipstein, Ryan C. Tisch, Timothy (Ty) Carson.


• "Federal Trade Commission Charges Intel With Anticompetitive Conduct; Commits to Expedited Administrative Trial and Decision," Antitrust Law Alert (December 16, 2009). Contacts: Robert A. Lipstein, Jeffrey Blumenfeld, Ryan C. Tisch.


• "FTC, Whole Foods Reach Agreement on Wild Oats Acquisition," Antitrust Law Alert (March 9, 2009). Contacts: Wm. Randolph Smith, Robert A. Lipstein, Ryan C. Tisch.


• "High Noon: DOJ and FTC Shootout Over Report on Single Firm Conduct," Antitrust Law Alert (September 8, 2008). Contacts: Wm. Randolph Smith, Ryan C. Tisch.


• "Nine West Steps into Leegin's Shoes: FTC Modifies 2000 Consent Order," Antitrust Law Alert (May 8, 2008). Contacts: Wm. Randolph Smith, Bridget E. Calhoun, Ryan C. Tisch.


• "Practical Considerations Arising From Supreme Court's Leegin Decision Overturning Per Se Treatment of Minimum Resale Price Maintenance Agreements," Antitrust Law Alert (June 28, 2007). Contacts: Wm. Randolph Smith, Robert A. Lipstein, Ryan C. Tisch.


• "Supreme Court Brings Law on Predatory Buying into Line with Existing Rule on Predatory Selling," Antitrust Law Alert (February 22, 2007). Contacts: Jeffrey H. Howard, Robert A. Lipstein, Ryan C. Tisch.


• "FTC, DOJ Hold Hearings On Refusals to Deal With Rivals Under Sherman Act," Antitrust Law Alert (July 20, 2006). Contacts: Wm. Randolph Smith, Ryan C. Tisch.


• "FTC/DOJ Open Joint Hearings on Single Firm Conduct," Antitrust Law Alert (June 21, 2006). Contacts: Robert A. Lipstein, Ryan C. Tisch.


• "FTC and DOJ Hold Initial Hearing on Predatory Pricing," Antitrust Law Alert (June 6, 2006). Contacts: Ryan C. Tisch, Robert A. Lipstein.


• "Court Dismisses Resident Match Antitrust Lawsuit," Health Law 'In The News' (August 16, 2004). Contacts: Arthur N. Lerner, Robert A. Lipstein, Ryan C. Tisch.

Speaking Engagements

• "Antitrust Distribution: Up All Night: Distribution Risk as a Leading Cause of Insomnia," Crowell & Moring Product Risk Management Seminar (October 19, 2011). Moderator: Ryan Tisch. Panelists: Melanie Sabo (Federal Trade Commission); Laura Jones (Avaya); Sean-Paul Brankin; Robert Lipstein.
  
  

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