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Colin Kass
Partner
Proskauer
Colin Kass is a partner in the Litigation Department and Co-Chair of Proskauer’s Antitrust Group. As a seasoned trial lawyer, Colin has handled many of the nation’s most complex and innovative antitrust cases over the past 20 years.
His practice involves a wide range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, sports, media, pharmaceuticals, and automotive markets, and spans the full-range of antitrust and unfair competition-related litigation, including class actions, competitor suits, dealer/distributor termination suits, price discrimination cases, criminal price-fixing probes, and merger injunctions.
Colin also has extensive experience interfacing with the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, obtaining clearance for competitively-sensitive transactions and handling anticompetitive practices investigations.
As a trusted advisor, Colin also counsels clients on their sales, distribution, and marketing practices, strategic ventures, and general antitrust compliance.
Recent Articles by Colin Kass
Can Conspiracies to Better the World Be Anticompetitive?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) screwed up. At least that’s how it explains what it calls the “lock[ed] in exploitative business models and monopoly power” of today’s internet giants. It blames “delayed government action.” But the agency says it won’t allow the same thing to happen with artificial intelligence (AI). With AI, the FTC “plan[s] on using the full scope of [its] authority to make sure that history does not repeat itself.”
As American as Apple Pie: In Defense of Bundled Rebates
Just about everyone bundles. It’s about as American as apple pie: if you buy more, you get a better price. Most of the time, that’s a good thing. Consumers benefit from lower prices. The question is, can bundling violate the antitrust laws? It can. So, the real question is, how do we determine when a generally good thing – bundling – should be condemned under the sledgehammer that is antitrust? In cases where usually beneficial conduct is challenged as anticompetitive, clear standards and tests are critically important so that a good thing is not stifled by uncertainty.