O’Melveny Partners Anna Pletcher and Michael Tubach Named 2023 “Top Antitrust Lawyers” by the Daily Journal
December 4, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—December 4, 2023—O’Melveny partners Anna Pletcher and Michael Tubach have been named to the Daily Journal’s 2023 list of “Top Antitrust Lawyers.” The special report honors the best antitrust attorneys in California focusing on “matters such as unfair competition and price-fixing.”
The Daily Journal recognized both Pletcher and Tubach for their roles as co-lead counsel representing former Pilgrim's Pride CEO Jayson Penn in three criminal antitrust trials following accusations of a scheme to rig bids for broiler chicken products from 2012-2019. Two of the trials resulted in hung juries. In July 2022, Penn and other poultry executives were acquitted after the third trial.
“Every one of the 14 defendants who were charged in Penn and related cases were either acquitted or the indictments were dismissed,” Pletcher said. “This was a huge loss for the government. As a result, the government will likely reevaluate how it investigates, charges and tries cases going forward.”
“The Jayson Penn case is an important reminder that the Antitrust Division cannot simply bully its way into the results it wants,” Tubach said. “When faced with courageous defendants with access to sufficient resources, the antitrust division is going to have to make its cases the old-fashioned way — with actual evidence and witnesses.”
Daily Journal subscribers can view the full special report here.
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