Michael Antalics
Partner
Mike Antalics is a partner in O’Melveny's Washington, DC office. He joined the firm after serving for 23 years at the Federal Trade Commission, most recently as Deputy Director in the FTC’s Bureau of Competition from 2000-01, where he oversaw the Bureau ’s antitrust enforcement mission. Prior to that, Mike was an Assistant Director for Mergers from 1997-99 and, before that, Assistant Director for Non-Merger Litigation from 1991-97.
While at the FTC, Mike successfully litigated numerous significant cases, including the drug wholesaler merger litigation, involving the four largest drug wholesalers in the United States; the Ticor Title Insurance Company price fixing case, involving the six largest title insurance companies; and the Intel case, involving alleged anticompetitive practices of the largest semiconductor manufacturer. Mike twice received the Brandeis Award given to the FTC’s outstanding litigator, and three times was awarded the Team Award for litigation team efforts.
Since joining O'Melveny & Myers, he has successfully litigated the Arch Coal merger case against the FTC in federal court, and has successfully obtained the approval of numerous mergers before the FTC and DOJ. He also has successfully represented companies in class action litigation, and provided advice in civil and criminal antitrust investigations. Among the clients he has represented are Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Verizon Communications Inc, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Wal-Mart, Northwest Airlines, and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.
Mike is listed as one of America's leading antitrust lawyers by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, the Global Counsel Handbook on Competition Law, and Super Lawyers Magazine.
Illustrative Professional Experience
[While at the FTC]
- Litigated FTC. v. Cardinal Health, Inc., et al., 12 F. Supp. 2d 34 (D.D.C. 1998)(preliminary injunction granted, blocking two separate mergers of drug wholesalers)
- Litigated Intel Corporation (complaint issued on June 8, 1998)(order prohibiting challenged conduct issued on Aug. 6, 1999)
- Litigated FTC. v. Ticor Title Insurance Company, et al., 112 F.T.C. 344 (1989)(order prohibiting price fixing), rev'd, 922 F.2d 1122 (3d Cir. 1991), rev'd and remanded, 504 U.S. 621 (1992), Comm'n dec. aff'd, 998 F.2d 1129 (3d Cir. 1993), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 1190 (1994)
- Directed investigation of America Online, Inc. - Time Warner Inc. (Dec. 14, 2000)(internet open access order)
- Directed investigation of Dell Computer Corporation, 121 F.T.C. 616 (1996)(order prohibiting abuse of standard setting process)
- Directed investigation in CD MAP, (May 10, 2000)(orders prohibiting five major music distributors from engaging in illegal conduct relating to minimum advertised price policies)
- Supervised and directed litigation in Toys 'R' Us, Inc. v. FTC. (Oct. 14, 1998)(order prohibiting coercion of manufacturers to refuse to deal with discounters), aff'd, 221 F.3d 928 (7th Cir. 2000)
- Supervised and directed litigation in Hoechst Marion Roussel and Andrx Corporation (complaint issued on Mar. 16, 2000)(settlement accepted by Commission on April 2, 2001)(order prohibiting payment of money to keep generic manufacturer from entering the market)
Professional Activities
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Supreme Court
Member, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
Speaker, Numerous seminars, including American Bar Association, Practicing Law Institute, and International Bar Association
Co-Author, "
Developments in International Leniency Agreements: 2007 to 2008" (
The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2009, published by
Global Competition Review)
Awards, Brandeis Award, for FTC's outstanding litigator (1994, for Ticor Title Insurance Co.; and 1998, for Drug Wholesaler litigation);
Paul Rand Dixon (Law Enforcement) Award, for outstanding contributions to the agency's law enforcement mission (1988 and 1992);
Team Award (1996, for Rite Aid/Revco merger; 1998, for Drug Wholesaler litigation; and 2000, for Intel litigation);
Distinguished Service Award, the FTC's highest award, for career contributions (2001);
Superior Service Award, for sustained outstanding achievement (1986); and
Meritorious Service Award, for significant accomplishments in a major antitrust matter (1981)