UNITED STATES v. BERTELSMANN SE & CO. KGAA

Civil Action No. 21-2886-FYP.

646 F.Supp.3d 1 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. BERTELSMANN SE & CO. KGAA, Penguin Random House, LLC, ViacomCBS, Inc., and Simon & Schuster, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Filed November 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Read , Anna Elizabeth Cross , Lauren Georgia Schussl Riker , Meagan Kara Bellshaw , Owen M. Kendler , Sarah Heideman Licht , Amanda Morrow Strick , Brittney Anne Dimond , Collier Taylor Kelley , January Kim , Jessica Leal , Bennett Jorg Matelson , Ethan Dean Stevenson , Ihan Kim , Jonathan Scott Goldsmith , Kevin Patrick Krautscheid , Melvin A. Schwarz, I , Lisa A. Scanlon , Jeffrey Grant Vernon , Robert Patrick Vance, Jr. , U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Courtney B. Dyer , Jonathan D. Hacker , Julia Schiller , Pro Hac Vice, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Deborah L. Feinstein , Jason C. Ewart , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel M. Petrocelli , Pro Hac Vice, Drew Myers Breuder , Dawn Sestito , Pro Hac Vice, M. Randall Oppenheimer , Pro Hac Vice, Megan Smith , Pro Hac Vice, Scott Voelz , Pro Hac Vice, Vision Winter , Pro Hac Vice, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Abby Rudzin , Pro Hac Vice, Andrew J. Frackman , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel L. Cantor , Pro Hac Vice, Eamonn Campbell , Pro Hac Vice, Gary Svirsky , Pro Hac Vice, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, Christopher Hunt , Pro Hac Vice, O'Melveny & Myers, Dallas, TX, for Defendants Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, Penguin Random House, LLC.

Ryan A. Shores , Michael Mitchell , Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, DC, Jessica Delbaum , Pro Hac Vice, Stephen Fishbein , Pro Hac Vice, Shearman & Sterling, LLP, New York, NY, Rachel Mossman Zieminski , William D. Marsh , Pro Hac Vice, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Dallas, TX, for Defendants ViacomCBS Inc., Simon & Schuster, Inc.


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