C Scott Hataway

Howrey LLP

Scott Hataway is a partner in Howrey’s antitrust practice, where he specialises in competition and trade regulation matters. His areas of expertise include merger, civil non-merger and criminal antitrust counselling; district court and appellate litigation; and advocacy before the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and international enforcement agencies. Mr Hataway also practices before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and actively counsels on the propriety of seeking national security review. As both a private practitioner and a former trial attorney with the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Mr Hataway has successfully led merger cases in such industries as national defence, information technology, energy infrastructure, primary metal production, broadcast communications, and transportation. He has also represented clients in criminal and civil non-merger investigations, including state and federal inquiries into alleged unlawful licensing practices in the music industry, alleged tying in the telecommunications industry and alleged collusion in the electronics industry. Mr Hataway has also represented clients involved in various competition-related commercial disputes in state and federal court, including alleged Sherman Act violations, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and other unfair business practices. At the Antitrust Division, Mr Hataway was actively involved in policy development and spoke on topics ranging from vertical foreclosure in the defence industry to the burdens of electronic document production.