Lauren T. Fleming
Overview
Lauren Fleming is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Group. Lauren delivers comprehensive counsel across transactional, litigation, and criminal antitrust matters, with a focus on representing merging parties and third parties in merger investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and foreign antitrust agencies.
Career & Education
- University of Kansas, B.A., Magna cum Laude, 2016
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., cum Laude, 2019
- District of Columbia
- Kansas (inactive)
- Missouri (Inactive)
Lauren 's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.23.26
The FTC notched a recent win in federal court, securing a permanent injunction halting the combination of the two dominant brands of construction adhesives, Loctite and Liquid Nails. In the recently unsealed decision, the court focused on the extensive head-to-head competition between the parties and the importance of brand equity in siding with the FTC, offering important lessons for merging parties.
Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.20.26
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.24.26
DOJ v. OhioHealth Confirms Antitrust Enforcers’ Continued Focus on Health Care Markets
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.13.26
Representative Matters
- Represented Novant Health in the FTC’s investigation of and litigation challenging the proposed acquisition of two CHS hospitals, successfully defeating the agency’s motion for preliminary injunction in district court (transaction abandoned after injunction pending agency’s appeal).
- Represented a multinational corporation in a grand jury investigation into hiring practices (alleged no-poach/non-solicitation agreements) and related class action litigation.
- Represented a brick-and-mortar and online food retailer in the FTC and state attorneys general investigation of and litigations challenging Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons.
- Represented a technology company in the FTC’s Broadcom/VMware investigation.
- Represented a retailer in obtaining regulatory clearance of a merger after receiving a Second Request.
- Represented a national commodity cooperative in a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice to block a proposed merger between its member and another producer.
- Represented a defendant in a collection of class action and individual antitrust lawsuits alleging that chicken producers conspired to reduce the supply of chicken in an effort to drive up prices.
- Represented a defendant in a collection of class action and individual antitrust lawsuits alleging production-fixing claims against pork producers.
Lauren 's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.23.26
The FTC notched a recent win in federal court, securing a permanent injunction halting the combination of the two dominant brands of construction adhesives, Loctite and Liquid Nails. In the recently unsealed decision, the court focused on the extensive head-to-head competition between the parties and the importance of brand equity in siding with the FTC, offering important lessons for merging parties.
Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.20.26
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.24.26
DOJ v. OhioHealth Confirms Antitrust Enforcers’ Continued Focus on Health Care Markets
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.13.26
Insights
Antitrust Probes of Classified Intel Require a Delicate Balance
|09.05.25
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
Lauren 's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.23.26
The FTC notched a recent win in federal court, securing a permanent injunction halting the combination of the two dominant brands of construction adhesives, Loctite and Liquid Nails. In the recently unsealed decision, the court focused on the extensive head-to-head competition between the parties and the importance of brand equity in siding with the FTC, offering important lessons for merging parties.
Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.20.26
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.24.26
DOJ v. OhioHealth Confirms Antitrust Enforcers’ Continued Focus on Health Care Markets
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.13.26
