Peter A. Barile III litigates high-stakes, complex antitrust, consumer protection, and commodities manipulation cases.

Mr. Barile has more than twenty years of experience as an antitrust litigator, representing clients on both sides of the docket in a variety of industries and contexts, from consumers and individual investors to institutions and Fortune 500 corporations, whether as individual plaintiffs, class plaintiffs, opt-outs, targets of government investigations, or defendants. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced both in New York and in Washington D.C. with major global law firms renowned for their historically leading antitrust practices.

Notable Cases:

Mr. Barile devotes a substantial amount of his practice to antitrust and commodities manipulation class action litigation in federal court.  He is or has been lead or class counsel in dozens of major cases involving financial benchmarks and commodities against major multinational banks, achieving billions of dollars in class action settlements in such cases.  Among others, Mr. Barile played a very significant role as co-lead counsel in the ISDAfix antitrust litigation (Alaska Electrical Pension Fund, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al., 1:14-cv-07126 (S.D.N.Y.)), which resulted in more than $500 million in settlements for a class of investors against fifteen major multinational banks for their alleged price fixing conspiracy, as well as the 2018 Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice Award by the American Antitrust Institute.

In addition, Mr. Barile has held leadership roles on behalf of plaintiff classes in a number of high-tech antitrust matters, including as class counsel in: In re High-Tech Employees Antitrust Litigation, 5:11-cv-02509 (N.D. Cal.) (national antitrust conspiracy litigation class certified against Apple, Google, and other Silicon Valley giants; more than $400 million in settlements achieved); and as lead counsel in In re Online DVD Antitrust Litigation, 1:09-md-2029 (N.D. Cal.) (national antitrust conspiracy litigation class of more 25 million Netflix subscribers; settlement achieved); as well as in agricultural-related antitrust litigation, including representation of cattle ranchers as lead counsel in In re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation, 0:19-cv-01222 (D. Minn.), and classes of dairy farmers as lead counsel in In re Southeastern Milk Antitrust Litigation, 2:08-md-01000 (E.D. Tenn.) (achieving settlements for antitrust price fixing conspiracy exceeding $300 million).

Mr. Barile also has considerable appellate and pro bono experience.  His work in this area has included Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007), in which he served as lead counsel for amicus curiae Consumer Federation of America in a landmark antitrust case on resale price fixing, and Giles v. State of California, 554 U.S. 353 (2008), in which he served as lead counsel for amicus curiae Battered Women’s Justice Project, in a case concerning the scope of the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution.

Other Notable Achievements:

Mr. Barile is the Chairman of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and serves on the U.S. Advisory Board of the Loyola Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies.

He has published numerous articles and served as a panelist, speaker, and commentator on antitrust law and related issues. His work has been cited by the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Modernization Commission, as well as by leading academics and practitioners.

Education:

University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude

University of Connecticut, B.A.

Bar/Court Admissions:

States of New York and Connecticut; District of Columbia; Supreme Court of the United States; United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Federal, and D.C. Circuits; United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, District of Connecticut, and Northern District of Illinois.