Alexander Okuliar

Counsel

Alexander Okuliar is a counsel in O'Melveny's Washington, DC office and a member of the Antitrust/Competition Practice. He is involved in both the firm's litigation and regulatory practices, with a focus on antitrust private damages actions, class action lawsuits, complex commercial litigation, cartel investigations, antitrust counseling, government agency merger investigations, and appellate work. Alex has extensive experience representing companies in both private party litigation and government investigations. Selected recent representation and counseling includes the following:

Illustrative Professional Experience

• Asiana Airlines, Inc. in In re Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (C.D. Cal.), a putative class action brought by airline passengers alleging that the defendants conspired to fix prices on tickets for air travel between the United States and Korea.
• Asiana Airlines, Inc. in In re Air Cargo Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y.), a putative class action brought by freight forwarders and others alleging that the defendant air cargo carriers conspired to fix prices on global air cargo transportation services.
• Capital One Financial in American Express v. Visa, et al. (S.D.N.Y.), an action brought by American Express against the payment card networks and issuing banks alleging that the defendants conspired to prevent American Express from competing in the network services market.
• Capital One Financial in In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1720, E.D.N.Y.), a putative class action brought by merchants against Visa, MasterCard and issuing banks alleging that the defendants conspired to set the fee that merchants pay for accepting credit cards.
• Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation in the Department of Justice investigation of its sale to Univision. 
• Honeywell International Inc. in monopolization cases under the state law of California, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont involving home thermostats in which plaintiffs allege Honeywell monopolized a market consisting solely of round-shaped thermostats.
• Humana, Inc. in Weintraub v. Ingenix et al. (D. Conn.), an action involving a claim of price fixing and RICO violations.

Professional Activities

Law Intern, Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee

Author,"Rigorous Analysis in Antitrust Class Certification Rulings: Recent Advances on the Front Line," 23 Antitrust 1 (Fall 2008) (co-author Ian Simmons); "Private Enforcement of the U.S. Antitrust Laws Through Class Actions," The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Competition Litigation 2009 (co-author Ian Simmons); "State Antitrust Lawsuits: a Good Way to Balance Costs and Incentives for Patented Drugs?" Legal Backgrounder (June 2008) (co-author James Kidder); "Without Presumptions: Rigorous Analysis in Class Certification Proceedings," 21 Antitrust 3 (Summer 2007) (co-authors Ian Simmons and Nilam A. Sanghvi); "Extending the Reach of the Antitrust Police," Mergers & Acquisitions, The Dealmaker's Journal (July 2004) (co-author William Vigdor); "Characterization of Health Care Receivables: Are Post-Petition Receivables Subject to Pre-Petition Liens as 'Proceeds' or 'Rents' Under the Bankruptcy Code, or Are They Excluded as After-Acquired Property?," The American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (2000) (co-author Samuel Stricklin).

Contributor, 2008 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (forthcoming 2009); Antitrust Evidence Handbook, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (forthcoming 2009); Antitrust Law Developments, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (6th ed. 2007); Premerger Notification Practice Manual, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (4th ed. 2007); Premerger Notification Practice Manual, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (3d ed. 2003).

Member, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law