Rosa M. Morales

• Defending an Ivy League university in an antitrust class action challenging the Ivy League ban on athletic scholarships; court granted motion to dismiss, now on appeal.
• Advising global technology and device manufacturer and nonprofit developer of open-source internet browser technology as third parties in the DOJ’s landmark monopolization case against Google concerning general search services.
• Representing leading higher education institution in a congressional inquiry into potential antitrust and related violations.
• Represented a multinational Fortune 20 health care services company as a third party in the FTC’s conduct investigation and subsequent litigation against Vyera Pharmaceuticals.
• Represented a major telecommunications and media company in its $1.175 billion sale of its anime streaming subsidiary, Crunchyroll, to Sony.
• Counseled multiple technology companies and a major telecommunications and media company as third parties in federal and state antitrust investigations involving digital platforms and emerging tech markets.
• Represented a certified class of indirect purchasers in tying and anti-steering claims against Sutter Health, one of the largest hospital systems in California.
• Represented over 60 merchants and merchant coalitions in long-running antitrust litigation against Visa and MasterCard over credit and debit card interchange fees.
• Advised a federal district court as court-appointed expert on economic damages in a reverse-payment antitrust case involving blockbuster pharmaceutical drugs.
• Defended a major Japanese airline in civil antitrust litigation following DOJ investigation into alleged international airfare price-fixing.
• Defended a leading French financial institution against bid-rigging and price-fixing claims in the municipal bond derivatives market.
• Defended a Canadian food and beverage company in a U.S. class action alleging price-fixing in the chocolate confectionery industry.
• Represented a global domain name registry operator in an international arbitration involving governance disputes and auction rights for a new top-level domain.
• Advised a specialty pharmacy benefit manager in an antitrust analysis of a proposed horizontal merger.

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Crowell & Moring.

Human Rights First: Pro Bono Star, 2025

Crain’s New York Business: Notable Leaders in Law, 2024

New York State Bar Association, Antitrust Section: Inaugural Fellow, Hollis Salzman Leadership Fellowship, 2022

Super Lawyers: Rising Star, Antitrust and General Litigation, 2014–2017

Concurrences: Nominee, Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Intellectual Property, 2015