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Eric Fanchiang

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Areas of Focus

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

Webinar | 06.04.25

Antitrust Risks in A Trade War

Our webinar will discuss antitrust risks that can arise as companies grapple with whether and how to adjust their pricing to respond to tariffs being imposed around the world. 

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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

Webinar | 06.04.25

Antitrust Risks in A Trade War

Our webinar will discuss antitrust risks that can arise as companies grapple with whether and how to adjust their pricing to respond to tariffs being imposed around the world. 

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Insights

Webinar | 06.04.25

Antitrust Risks in A Trade War

Publication | December 2023

"Chapter 19: Common Law Business Torts," The December 2023 Edition of the California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Treatise

Firm News | 9 min read | 01.09.23

Crowell & Moring Elects 16 New Partners, Promotes Five to Senior Counsel, and 25 to Counsel

Publication | 04.01.22

Chapter 12: Antitrust and Intellectual Property Licensing, Wolters Kluwer Licensing Update 2022

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Practices

Eric's Insights

Webinar | 06.04.25

Antitrust Risks in A Trade War

Our webinar will discuss antitrust risks that can arise as companies grapple with whether and how to adjust their pricing to respond to tariffs being imposed around the world. 

View All Insights