Michael Gleason has more than 13 years of experience and has been involved in some of the most significant transactions to recently come before the antitrust agencies, particularly in the health care industry. He counsels clients on antitrust matters before U.S. and international enforcement agencies, including M&A transactions and government investigations, as well as antitrust litigation.
Michael has represented a variety of clients before the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, state, and international antitrust enforcers and has extensive experience in a range of industries, including health care (providers and payers), pharmaceuticals, medical devices, software, chemicals, mining, defense, and food products, among others. His transactional work includes counseling clients at every stage of a deal, including premerger planning, regulatory filings, investigations, litigation, as well as post-closing investigations. Michael also frequently advises clients on a variety of antitrust issues, including competitor and vertical collaborations, information sharing, distribution arrangements, licensing, and single-firm conduct. Representative clients include Aetna, PinnacleHealth, Penn State Hershey, PotashCorp, Monster Beverage, Outfront Media, and Yale New Haven Health System.
Michael is a member of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law and the Antitrust Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association and has written extensively on antitrust issues for these organizations. He currently serves as a vice chair of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law's Mergers & Acquisitions Committee. Recently, he served as co-editor of the Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook as well as editor of the health care chapter of Antitrust Law Developments (Eighth).
Experience
Anatomy of a Merger: A Practical Guide to Antitrust M&A Reviews for the Uninitiated, The M&A Lawyer, Vol. 24, Iss. 8
Additional Publications
- October 2020
Attorney-Client Privilege and Common Interest Privilege in Antitrust Merger Review, The M&A Lawyer, Vol. 24, Issue 9 - July 2020
Antitrust Law Answer Book (2020 Ed.), co-editor, Practising Law Institute - June 2020
Regulators and M&A: Two Months into the Pandemic, The M&A Lawyer, Volume 24, Issue 6 - February 2020
What You Need to Know About the New FTC/DOJ Vertical Merger Guidelines, The M&A Lawyer, Vol. 24, Issue 2 - August 2018
Structural Remedies, Global Competition Review, The Guide to Merger Remedies - March 16, 2018
Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook (2d Ed.), co-editor, ABA Section of Antitrust Law - 2017
State Action Practice Manual (3d Ed.), Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, contributor - 2016
Antitrust Law Developments (Eighth), Health Care chapter, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, editor - January 2015
Handbook on the Scope of Antitrust Law (1st ed.), Chapter XV.A. Insurance and the McCarran-Ferguson Act, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association - August 2014
Court Holds County and Medicaid Managed Care Health Plan Immune from Sherman Act Claims for Monetary Damages, Exemptions & Immunities Committee of the Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association - June 2013
Federal Court Rules that the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners is not Immune from the Antitrust Laws, Exemptions & Immunities Committee of the Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association - May 2013
Bills Seek to Repeal McCarran-Ferguson Exemption for the Health Care Industry, E&I Update, a publication of the Exemptions & Immunities Committee of the Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association - July 2011
Antitrust Law Answer Book 2011-2012, contributor, Practicing Law Institute - March 2011
Antitrust Exemptions and Immunities Legislative Update, E&I Update, a publication of the Exemptions & Immunities Commitee of the Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association - April 2010
State Action Practice Manual (2d ed.), contributor, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association - April 2010
Exceptions to the State Action Doctrine & Hybrid Actors, contributor, State Action Practice Manual, 2d ed., Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association - 2009 - 2011
Various Alerts on Developments in Antitrust Issues related to Health Care for the American Health Lawyers Association - February 2008
Judicial Relief and Remedies, contributor, Mergers & Acquisitions, Understanding the Antitrust Issues, 3d ed., Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association - 2008
Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments, 2007 Update, contributor
Speaking Engagements
- March 12, 2020
Making a Comment: Perspectives on the ABA Comment on the Agencies' Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines - March 27, 2019
Unexpected Outcomes: When Merger Review Breaks Bad, 67th ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting - October 4, 2018
Current Antitrust Topics, Epiq Events - February 13, 2018
The ABCs of Antitrust in Healthcare: Mergers, Affiliations, and Acquisitions, American Health Lawyers Association - January 29, 2018
Monthly Antitrust Update Program for In-House Counsel, ABA Section of Antirust Law - October 22, 2015
Practice Before the FTC and the New Model "Second Request:" Issues and Challenges, DC Bar - March 11, 2015
Health Care Antrust 101, ABA Section of Antitrust Law Young Lawyer Division, moderator - May 28, 2014
Fundamentals of Antitrust Exemptions and Immunities, ABA Section of Antitrust Law Brown Bag - October 25, 2011
Antitrust Compliance Programs Start to Finish, ABA Antitrust Section of Antitrust Law Brown Bag
- University of Notre Dame (J.D. cum laude 2006); Vanderbilt University (B.A. in Economics summa cum laude 2003; Phi Beta Kappa)
- District of Columbia and New York
- Served with the Anticompetitive Practices Division of the Federal Trade Commission (Summer 2004) and intern to U.S. Rep. James T. Walsh (2001)
Law360 "Rising Star" in competition (2018)
Who's Who Legal: Competition — Future Leaders (2018-2019)
Named a "Next Generation Lawyer" by The Legal 500 US (2017-2019) in the areas of antitrust/merger control and antitrust/civil litigation