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Eric P. Enson

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Overview

Consistently recognized by Chambers, Best Lawyers in America, and The Legal 500 as a leading competition lawyer, clients turn to Eric Enson for his extensive antitrust litigation and counseling experience. Eric represents clients in all manner of antitrust claims, such as complex international cartel investigations and antitrust class actions, including major jury trials. Eric’s experience extends to matters involving claims of monopolization and other types of unilateral conduct.

Eric has decades of experience responding to Department of Justice investigations of alleged collusion and follow-on civil litigation. His practice focuses heavily on defending clients against claims of price-fixing in the computer components, technology, capacitors, optical disk drive, auto parts, semiconductors, and packaged ice industries, as well as in a number of nonpublic criminal proceedings.

Eric has tried antitrust cases in federal and state courts. He served as trial counsel for Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in an antitrust lawsuit alleging an unlawful group boycott, on which a jury returned a full defense verdict. Eric was also part of the trial team that obtained a full defense jury verdict on antitrust claims filed against Macy's in In re Tableware. He also routinely handles arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR).

Eric is an advisor to the Executive Committee of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section of the California Bar. He is also an active member of the ABA Antitrust Law Section and frequently utilizes his significant experience to contribute, write, and speak about novel competition issues.

Career & Education

    • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., cum laude, 1999
      Order of the Coif, Managing Editor - Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
    • Baylor University , B.B.A., Economics, 1995
    • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., cum laude, 1999
      Order of the Coif, Managing Editor - Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
    • Baylor University , B.B.A., Economics, 1995

    • California
    • California

    • Advisor, Executive Committee, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section, California State Bar
    • Member, ABA Antitrust Law Section
    • Advisor, Executive Committee, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section, California State Bar
    • Member, ABA Antitrust Law Section
Phenomenal antitrust lawyer who is always a pleasure to work with.

— Chambers and Partners.

Eric's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.19.25

California Law Revision Commission Recommends Unprecedented Changes to California’s Antitrust Laws, Including Regulation of Single-Firm Conduct

On Thursday, the California Law Revision Commission (“CLRC”), the influential body that makes recommendations to the Legislature, took significant steps toward its goal of enacting antitrust legislation to regulate single-firm conduct under California’s antitrust law, the Cartwright Act. The CLRC unanimously voted to move forward with an unprecedented legislative proposal that not only outlaws single-firm “restraints of trade,” but also states that certain federal antitrust standards are not required in California state courts. As a next step, the CLRC will approve a formal recommendation to the Legislature along these lines at the CLRC’s December meeting. Companies doing business in California should pay close attention to these developments because of the potentially dramatic impact this kind of law could have, including increased exposure to antitrust litigation. Crowell & Moring is representing the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) in monitoring, analyzing and responding to the CLRC’s recommendations....

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Representative Matters

  • Served as trial counsel for RE/MAX, LLC leading to a nationwide settlement of multiple class actions related to commissions in residential real estate transactions.
  • Obtained closure without further action of a DOJ grand jury investigation regarding alleged price fixing of certain building materials.
  • Represented Union Pacific Railroad Company in multi-district antitrust litigation involving claims of an alleged conspiracy among the major U.S. freight railroads to fix fuel surcharges in In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation.
  • Obtained closure without further action of DOJ grand jury investigation of alleged price fixing of certain consumer products.
  • Represented the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in an Independent Review Process (IRP) under the ICDR rules challenging the removal of price caps in .ORG, .BIZ, and .INFO.
  • Defended Taiwanese and Japanese manufacturers of electrolytic capacitors in worldwide investigations of alleged price fixing of capacitors and follow-on civil litigation in In re Capacitors Antitrust Litigation.
  • Defended a Japanese manufacturer of auto parts in a global investigation of alleged industry collusion and follow-on civil litigation in In re Auto Parts Antitrust Litigation.
  • Represented ICANN in an Independent Review Process (IRP) under the ICDR Rules relating to an ICANN-administered auction and subsequent award of the .WEB top-level domain for $135 million.
  • Executed the successful defense of Sherwin Williams against antitrust counter claims regarding its national distribution system.
  • Represented a Japanese computer components manufacturer in multiple class actions alleging price fixing of optical disk drives in Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation.
  • Represented U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a successful antitrust challenge to Seattle for-hire driver collective-bargaining ordinance
  • Obtained the dismissal of a long-running lawsuit filed by a California distributor challenging The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's termination of its dealer contracts as breaches of contracts, tortious interference, and violations of California unfair competition and federal antitrust law.
  • Successfully defended ICANN against claims of monopolization of top-level domains, which was affirmed on appeal in a landmark antitrust decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  • Served as trial counsel for Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in a two-month antitrust jury trial, resulting in a complete defense verdict that was affirmed on appeal.
  • Represented pharmaceutical manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in an antitrust action brought by California pharmacies claiming that Boehringer Ingelheim and other drug companies conspired to inflate drug prices in the United States and keep lower-priced Canadian drugs off the market.

Eric's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.19.25

California Law Revision Commission Recommends Unprecedented Changes to California’s Antitrust Laws, Including Regulation of Single-Firm Conduct

On Thursday, the California Law Revision Commission (“CLRC”), the influential body that makes recommendations to the Legislature, took significant steps toward its goal of enacting antitrust legislation to regulate single-firm conduct under California’s antitrust law, the Cartwright Act. The CLRC unanimously voted to move forward with an unprecedented legislative proposal that not only outlaws single-firm “restraints of trade,” but also states that certain federal antitrust standards are not required in California state courts. As a next step, the CLRC will approve a formal recommendation to the Legislature along these lines at the CLRC’s December meeting. Companies doing business in California should pay close attention to these developments because of the potentially dramatic impact this kind of law could have, including increased exposure to antitrust litigation. Crowell & Moring is representing the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) in monitoring, analyzing and responding to the CLRC’s recommendations....

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Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America: Antitrust Law and Litigation – Antitrust
  • Chambers USA: Antitrust – California
  • Lawdragon: 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Antitrust & Competition Law
  • The Legal 500 US: Cartel/Antitrust Litigation
  • Daily Journal: Top 20 Lawyers Under 40, California
  • Law360: Rising Star Under 40, Competition Law

Eric's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.19.25

California Law Revision Commission Recommends Unprecedented Changes to California’s Antitrust Laws, Including Regulation of Single-Firm Conduct

On Thursday, the California Law Revision Commission (“CLRC”), the influential body that makes recommendations to the Legislature, took significant steps toward its goal of enacting antitrust legislation to regulate single-firm conduct under California’s antitrust law, the Cartwright Act. The CLRC unanimously voted to move forward with an unprecedented legislative proposal that not only outlaws single-firm “restraints of trade,” but also states that certain federal antitrust standards are not required in California state courts. As a next step, the CLRC will approve a formal recommendation to the Legislature along these lines at the CLRC’s December meeting. Companies doing business in California should pay close attention to these developments because of the potentially dramatic impact this kind of law could have, including increased exposure to antitrust litigation. Crowell & Moring is representing the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) in monitoring, analyzing and responding to the CLRC’s recommendations....

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Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.19.25

California Law Revision Commission Recommends Unprecedented Changes to California’s Antitrust Laws, Including Regulation of Single-Firm Conduct

Firm News | 9 min read | 08.21.25

The Best Lawyers in America 2026 Recognizes 49 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, One Selected as Lawyer of the Year

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

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Practices

Industries

Eric's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.19.25

California Law Revision Commission Recommends Unprecedented Changes to California’s Antitrust Laws, Including Regulation of Single-Firm Conduct

On Thursday, the California Law Revision Commission (“CLRC”), the influential body that makes recommendations to the Legislature, took significant steps toward its goal of enacting antitrust legislation to regulate single-firm conduct under California’s antitrust law, the Cartwright Act. The CLRC unanimously voted to move forward with an unprecedented legislative proposal that not only outlaws single-firm “restraints of trade,” but also states that certain federal antitrust standards are not required in California state courts. As a next step, the CLRC will approve a formal recommendation to the Legislature along these lines at the CLRC’s December meeting. Companies doing business in California should pay close attention to these developments because of the potentially dramatic impact this kind of law could have, including increased exposure to antitrust litigation. Crowell & Moring is representing the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) in monitoring, analyzing and responding to the CLRC’s recommendations....

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