Brent N. Rushforth is a member of the Antitrust & Trade Regulation Practice Group and the former Managing Shareholder of the Washington, D.C. office.

Experience

Mr. Rushforth has extensive litigation experience in antitrust and unfair competition, intellectual property and trade regulation. He represents such clients as Philip Morris, VISA, MCI, Cox Communications, Black & Decker, Marriott Corporation and the American Booksellers Association. During his tenure as Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Mr. Rushforth was actively involved in the SALT Treaty negotiations.

Representative Engagements

• Co-chaired defense of Visa in action in federal district court brought by Department of Justice for alleged violations of §1 of the Sherman Act (decision pending).
• U.S. National Counsel for Philip Morris
• U.S. National Counsel for The Black & Decker Corporation
• Successfully defended Cox Communications and KTVU San Francisco in treble damage and injunction action in federal court and argued appeal (trial court’s decision affirmed).
• Successfully defended Cox Communications and Cox Cable in jury trial in federal court treble damage and injunction action and argued appeal (jury verdict affirmed).
• Represented Cox Communications in Department of Justice investigation of cable television consortium (investigation settled without litigation).
• Represented consortium of cable television companies (including Cox Cable) in seeking Department of Justice approval of a cable programming buying cooperative.

Antitrust compliance and counseling work

• As Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense, counseled Secretary of Defense on antitrust issues.
• Counseled Cox Communications on its antitrust issues for fifteen years: (conducted review of Cox Communications’ antitrust compliance and prepared a compliance program).
• Counseled Black & Decker on its antitrust issues for twelve years: (conducted review of Black & Decker’s antitrust compliance and prepared comprehensive compliance program).
• Currently provide ongoing counseling, advice and representation to Black & Decker regarding all matters before FTC and Department of Justice including antitrust compliance, mergers and acquisitions.