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Eric Fanchiang

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Overview

Eric Fanchiang is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Orange County office and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group. His practice focuses primarily on antitrust litigation for both defendants and plaintiffs and on government investigations. He has experience across a broad range of industries, including technology, transportation, and digital media. Eric represents his clients on a wide range of antitrust issues, including standard setting, trade association policies, misuse of patents and trade secrets, and price fixing.

While in law school, Eric was a staff editor and a lead notes editor of the UC Irvine Law Review and a research assistant to Professor Kenneth Simons, where he researched issues related to the drafting of the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons.

Eric is active in the local bar, serving as a director for the Orange County Asian American Bar Association and is a current member of the Governing Council of the University of California, Irvine School of Law Alumni Association. He was recently named a 2020 Distinguished Alumnus by the University of California, Irvine Alumni Association.

Career & Education

    • University of California, Irvine, B.S., biological sciences, 2012
    • University of California, Irvine School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2017
    • University of California, Irvine, B.S., biological sciences, 2012
    • University of California, Irvine School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2017

    • California
    • California

  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Director, Orange County Asian American Bar Association
    • Member, Governing Council of the University of California, Irvine School of Law Alumni Association

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Director, Orange County Asian American Bar Association
    • Member, Governing Council of the University of California, Irvine School of Law Alumni Association

Eric's Insights

Firm News | 3 min read | 07.08.25

Crowell & Moring Client CSX Wins Summary Judgment in 18-Year Antitrust Litigation

Washington – July 8, 2025: Crowell & Moring has secured summary judgment on behalf of longtime firm client CSX Transportation, Inc., prevailing in nearly 20 years of multi-district litigation known as In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation. Crowell and three other leading firms representing prominent rail companies led a joint defense group in one of the longest-running and most complex antitrust litigations in U.S. history....

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Representative Matters

  • Representing a major pharmaceuticals distributor as a defendant in a multi-district class action antitrust litigation alleging conspiracy to fix pharmaceutical drug prices by certain manufacturers.
  • Representing a Class I railroad as a defendant in a multi-district antitrust litigation alleging conspiracy to fix fuel surcharge prices.
  • Representing various third parties in antitrust investigations and litigations related to digital markets.
  • Representing a major technology and telecommunications company in efforts to recover overcharges paid on price-fixed capacitors.
  • Representing a transportation technology company as a plaintiff in litigation involving antitrust claims related to standard setting, misuse of patents and trade secrets, and exclusive dealing for emerging safety technology.
  • Team member representing AT&T during the regulatory investigation, litigation, and appeal brought by the U.S. Department of Justice to block AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner.

Eric's Insights

Firm News | 3 min read | 07.08.25

Crowell & Moring Client CSX Wins Summary Judgment in 18-Year Antitrust Litigation

Washington – July 8, 2025: Crowell & Moring has secured summary judgment on behalf of longtime firm client CSX Transportation, Inc., prevailing in nearly 20 years of multi-district litigation known as In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation. Crowell and three other leading firms representing prominent rail companies led a joint defense group in one of the longest-running and most complex antitrust litigations in U.S. history....

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Insights

Firm News | 3 min read | 07.08.25

Crowell & Moring Client CSX Wins Summary Judgment in 18-Year Antitrust Litigation

Press Coverage | 07.08.25

Litigator of the (Past) Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Webinar | 06.04.25

Antitrust Risks in A Trade War

Speaking Engagement | 06.04.25

"Antitrust Risks in A Trade War," Crowell & Moring Webinar.

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Practices

Eric's Insights

Firm News | 3 min read | 07.08.25

Crowell & Moring Client CSX Wins Summary Judgment in 18-Year Antitrust Litigation

Washington – July 8, 2025: Crowell & Moring has secured summary judgment on behalf of longtime firm client CSX Transportation, Inc., prevailing in nearly 20 years of multi-district litigation known as In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation. Crowell and three other leading firms representing prominent rail companies led a joint defense group in one of the longest-running and most complex antitrust litigations in U.S. history....

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