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Recent Additions: Constantine | Cannon is proud to announce the recent additions of four experienced attorneys to the firm:
Stanley N. Alpert is Of Counsel in the New York office. Mr. Alpert was previously the Chief of Environmental Litigation for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, in addition to his years of experience in private practice.
Joseph Gibson is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Gibson was previously Chief Minority Counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives and a senior official at the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice.
Taline Sahakian joins the New York office as an associate. Ms. Sahakian was previously an antitrust and litigation associate at a prominent Canadian law firm.
Evan P. Schultz joins the Washington, D.C. office as an associate. Mr. Schultz has previously been legal counsel to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and a litigator in private practice.

May 18, 2008. Constantine Cannon partner Todd Anderson spoke at the 2008 Annual National Restaurant Association Show on credit card data security and compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).

May 16, 2008. Chairman of Constantine Cannon Steve Cannon and partner Todd Anderson spoke at the Council of State Restaurant Associations, 2008 Annual Meeting on the Role of PCI compliance in the Visa and MasterCard systems and what to expect if you appear to be the victim of a data breach - the challenges facing restaurants and other merchants.

May 15, 2008. Chairman of Constantine Cannon Steve Cannon testified on behalf of the Merchants Payments Coalition before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Antitrust Task Force Hearing on H.R. 5546, The "Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008." To read the testimony click here . To read the Merchants Payments Coalition press release click here.

May 9, 2008. BNA Antitrust Trade Regulation Reporter publishes article on Constantine Cannon LLP discovery victory in Park West, PC et al v. CareCore National LLC et al. The article details how Constantine Cannon LLP, through motion practices, was able to limit defendants' "fishing expedition" into non-parties entities in which the owners of the plaintiffs had an interest. (Antitrust Trade Regulation Vol 94. No. 2351 p. 464)

May 7, 2008. Constantine Cannon partner Gordon Schnell spoke in London at the Centaur Conference on the recently released European Commission "White Paper" on private antitrust litigation reform in the UK and Europe. Click here for press coverage of the conference and Mr. Schnell's participation. Click here to view a copy of the conference brochure. Click here for the conference announcement of Mr. Schnell's participation.

May 1, 2008. New York Law Journal publishes article, Our Ideals Require Embracing All Americans, authored by Constantine Cannon Partner Yang Chen. Click here to read more.

April 2008. Constantine Cannon partner Gordon Schnell and associate Adam Nyhan featured in Global Competition Review on the current extraterritorial limits of U.S. antitrust jurisdiction. To read the article, click here.

February 18, 2008 Legal Times publishes an article analyzing the antitrust implications of Microsoft Corporation's bid for Yahoo, Inc., authored by Matthew L. Cantor and Mitchell L. Stoltz. To read the article, click here.

February 12, 2008 The Wall Street Journal (front page) reports on the recent antitrust challenge brought by Constantine Cannon against the New York Title insurance industry. To read the article, click here.

February 7, 2008 Yang Chen, Constantine Cannon partner installed as President of the Asian American Bar Association of New York.

February 6, 2008 Constantine Cannon partner Gordon Schnell and associate Jean Kim featured in Competition Law 360 on the Supreme Court's recent Leegin decision on resale price maintenance and Congressional efforts to override the decision. To read the article click here.

December 5, 2007 Constantine Cannon partner Gordon Schnell featured in New York Law Journal on the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Twombly to rewrite the pleading standard. To read the article click here.

Fall 2007 Jeff Shinder, Managing Partner of Constantine Cannon's New York office, and partners Bob Begleiter, Gordon Schnell and Yang Chen were selected by Law & Politics as New York Super Lawyers for 2007.
Click to read the announcements for: Jeff Shinder, Bob Begleiter, Gordon Schnell and Yang Chen.

November 2007 Constantine Cannon partner, Gordon Schnell featured in European Competition Law Review on his call for a more balanced debate on the role of class actions in Europe.

November 15-16, 2007 Ankur Kapoor was part of a panel entitled The New Face of Antitrust in Intellectual Property Disputes, which discussed the increasing role of federal antitrust agencies in intellectual property law and policy, at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Convention. Las Vegas, Nevada.

October 25, 2007 Jeff Shinder, Managing Partner of Constantine Cannon's New York office quoted in Global Competition Review article entitled FTC relaunches Whole Foods case.

Partner, Matthew L. Cantor, speaks to European regulators, economists, attorneys at the Encore Forum on class action law held in Amsterdam.

September 7, 2007 Douglas Rosenthal, partner at Constantine Cannon, has been selected for the 25th anniversary edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in Antitrust Law and International Trade and Finance Law.

June 15, 2007 Reiko Cyr of Constantine Cannon was appointed Vice-Chair of the Communications Industry Committee of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section. Ms. Cyr has been an active member of the Committee for several years and will be the second Constantine Cannon attorney to join the ABA Antitrust Section leadership.

Gordon Schnell spoke at the 2007 Advanced EC Competition Law Conference in London. The two-day conference focused on major developments in the field of EC competition law and policy. Mr. Schnell participated on a panel of U.S. and European antitrust practitioners on the subject of the pros and cons of permitting antitrust class actions.

Constantine Cannon announces that partner Seth Greenstein and associate Mitch Stoltz won a summary judgment for Static Control Components, against claims of copyright infringement filed by Lexmark International.

March 27, 2007 Constantine Cannon LLP announces that, in a pro bono representation that concerned unpaid wages claims that was led by Constantine Cannon attorney, Reiko Cyr and attorneys from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), full judgment for the plaintiff client was awarded by the Court. That client, Mrs. Sun Ja Yi, 65, worked 60 hours a week as a chef for a popular dance club without receiving overtime or spread of hours pay. Constantine Cannon and AALDEF sued on her behalf and succeeded in obtaining both payment for her unpaid wages as well as legal fees (which were provided in full to AALDEF) in the amount of $35,000.

Constantine Cannon partner Douglas Rosenthal selected by Law & Politics as a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer for 2007.

Seth Greenstein was a guest speaker on a Stifel Nicolaus Capital Markets Conference Call to discuss Viacom-Google/YouTube Copyright Suit.

Doug Rosenthal spoke at the 2007 Conference of The Conference Board, focused on "Antitrust Issues in Today's Economy". He spoke with a panel of experts discussing "Horizontal Restraints and Antitrust Concerns."

2007 Partners and Promotions Announced

Spitzer Names Longtime Adviser as Administration Aide

July 19, 2006 Steve Cannon testified before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on Credit Card Interchange Rates: Antitrust Issue?
Click here to view to the Bloomberg Interview With Steve Cannon

March 15, 2006 Merchant Advisory on Reminder that the Final Date to Submit Consolidation Requests is March 31, 2006