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Franklin M. Rubinstein
Partner
Antitrust and Competition
Washington, D.C.
frubinstein@wsgr.com

D202-973-8833

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  • Comprehensive Antitrust Experience

    Franklin represents clients in several areas, including merger review, government and criminal investigations, litigation, and antitrust-related counseling.

     

     

  • Experience with a Wide Range of Industries

    Franklin has represented a diverse set of clients in the software, computer hardware, pharmaceutical, medical device, gaming, automobile, natural resource, internet, and media industries.

  • A Recognized Practitioner

    Franklin has been recognized among the leading antitrust practitioners in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

Franklin Rubinstein is an antitrust partner in the Washington, D.C., office. His practice encompasses a wide variety of antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, investigations by the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, litigation, criminal investigations, and counseling on issues such as distribution, monopolization, tying, exclusive dealing, price-fixing, and antitrust compliance. Franklin has represented a diverse set of clients in the software, computer hardware, pharmaceutical, medical device, gaming, automobile, natural resource, internet, and media industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Franklin was an associate at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson.

Experience

Franklin Rubinstein is an antitrust partner in the Washington, D.C., office. His practice encompasses a wide variety of antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, investigations by the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, litigation, criminal investigations, and counseling on issues such as distribution, monopolization, tying, exclusive dealing, price-fixing, and antitrust compliance. Franklin has represented a diverse set of clients in the software, computer hardware, pharmaceutical, medical device, gaming, automobile, natural resource, internet, and media industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Franklin was an associate at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson.

Education
  • J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2001Winner, Hispanic National Bar Association's 2001 Moot Court Competition; Recipient, Thomas R. Mulroy Prize for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, University of Chicago Moot Court
  • B.A., Swarthmore College, 1997
Honors
  • Recognized in the 2021 edition of Global Competition Review/Who's Who Legal - Competition 
  • Named in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, in which he is recognized for his "strong reputation in the field, particularly for his representation of blue-chip technology companies" and sources praised his "sound judgment" and described him as "smart and even-tempered"
Admissions
  • Bar of the District of Columbia
  • State Bar of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Credentials
Education
  • J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2001Winner, Hispanic National Bar Association's 2001 Moot Court Competition; Recipient, Thomas R. Mulroy Prize for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, University of Chicago Moot Court
  • B.A., Swarthmore College, 1997
Honors
  • Recognized in the 2021 edition of Global Competition Review/Who's Who Legal - Competition 
  • Named in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, in which he is recognized for his "strong reputation in the field, particularly for his representation of blue-chip technology companies" and sources praised his "sound judgment" and described him as "smart and even-tempered"
Admissions
  • Bar of the District of Columbia
  • State Bar of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Select Publications

  • Co-author with B. Labow, "U.S. Unilateral Conduct," The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2014, Global Competition Review, 2014
  • Co-author with C. Biggio and S. Sher, "Brocade/McDATA: Structural Presumptions Didn't Tell the Whole Story," The Threshold, Spring 2007, Vol. 7, No. 2
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Select Publications

  • Co-author with B. Labow, "U.S. Unilateral Conduct," The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2014, Global Competition Review, 2014
  • Co-author with C. Biggio and S. Sher, "Brocade/McDATA: Structural Presumptions Didn't Tell the Whole Story," The Threshold, Spring 2007, Vol. 7, No. 2
Focus Areas
  • Antitrust Civil Enforcement
  • Antitrust Compliance and Business Strategy
  • Antitrust Litigation
  • Antitrust Merger Clearance
  • Antitrust and Competition
  • Antitrust and Intellectual Property
  • Third-Party Merger and Non-Merger Antitrust Representation
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