Health Insurance Management
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JOHN A. IOANNOU
East Elmhurst, New York 11370-1815
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
POMERANTZ HAUDEK GROSSMAN & GROSS LLP October 2011 - present
Staff Attorney, Antitrust Group
Working exclusively on In re: American Express Anti-Steering Rules Antitrust Litigation. Federal antitrust action (Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act) alleging anti-steering rules implemented by American Express prohibiting merchants from any act steering a retail purchaser to use a lower priced payment card product, such as surcharging and discounting, resulted in higher merchant fees, higher retail prices, and other harm to competition.
OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL November 1995 - August 2011
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau
Conducted complex antitrust investigations and litigation concerning horizontal and vertical restraints of trade, including price fixing, group boycotts, and tying arrangements, monopolization, and other anticompetitive acts in violation of federal and/or state antitrust laws - often in collaboration and coordination with other state attorneys general offices and federal antitrust agencies (United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission); held leadership and management positions in multistate investigations and litigation.
Investigatory: Conducted confidential government antitrust investigations. Duties included:
• Drafted, issued, and enforced investigatory subpoenas (requests for information);
• Took investigatory statements and conducted informational interviews; and
• Responded to party, third-party (customers, competitors, advocacy groups), and public inquiries.
Litigation: Litigated all aspects of federal and state antitrust matters, including distribution, marketing, and intellectual property in many different markets, including pharmaceutical, technology, financial, and retail. Duties included:
• Case strategy, management, and expert (economic, industry) coordination;
• Substantial motion and appellate practice;
• Discovery, including substantial document review and extensive experience handling e-discovery; and
• Settlement negotiation, mediation, approval, and administration.
Representative litigations:
In re: TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1827) (N.D. Cal.) State of Florida, et al.(State of N.Y.) v. Abbott Laboratories et al.(Tricor Antitrust Litigation), Civ. No. 08-155SLR (D. Del.) In re: Buspirone Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1413) (S.D.N.Y.) In re: Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1290) (D.D.C.) In re: Toys “R” Us Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1211) (E.D.N.Y.) In re: Commercial Tissue Products Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1189) (N.D.Fla.)
Transaction Review: Reviewed the competitive impact of mergers and acquisitions in a multitude of industries, including airlines (United-US Airways), health insurance (GHI-HIP), minerals (road deicing salt), energy (Exxon-Mobil), supermarkets (A&P-Pathmark), publishing (Thomson-West Publishing), enterprise software (Oracle-PeopleSoft), and waste management.
Clients: Represented, assisted and managed litigation compliance, and counseled, major New York State agencies, as well as New York State political subdivisions, quasi-governmental entities, and other public entities.
EDUCATION:
J.D., ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW June 1994
Honors/Activities: Dean’s List; Student Bar Association, including Academic Affairs and Alumni Relations Committees.
B.S., Finance, magna cum laude, ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY May 1991
Honors/Activities: Early Admissions Program (entered as a fully matriculated student after eleventh grade); Dean’s List; St. John’s University Parents Association Scholarship; Omicron Delta Epsilon - International Honors Economics/Finance Society; Beta Gamma Sigma - National Honors Society for Schools of Business; Golden Key National Honors Society.
BAR ADMISSIONS:
New York;
United States District Courts - Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; and
United States Supreme Court.
LANGUAGES:
Fluent in Greek.
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