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PRACTICE AREAS

Antitrust Litigation

William A. Markham, who leads our antitrust practice, has extensively litigated a wide range of complex antitrust cases in federal and state court in California since 1988.

Business Litigation

Mr. Markham and Mr. Bishop both have substantial, successful experience litigating a broad array of commercial disputes.

Real Estate Litigation

We litigate and try substantial disputes that concern the ownership, development, sale and possession of interests in real properties.

We perform the following kinds of legal work: Antitrust litigation; antitrust counseling; business litigation (breach of contract and the essential business torts, as well as patent misuse, trademark infringement, false advertising, and other business disputes); and various kinds of real estate matters.

We also conduct appellate litigation in these practice-areas and have obtained reversals of judgment and affirmances for our clients.

Dorn Bishop, who is “of counsel” to the firm, also handles insurance matters, RICO claims, and white-collar crime.

We limit our work to these practice areas so that we can devote our full efforts to matters that we fully understand and can perform at the highest level of proficiency. We accept only a limited number of matters at any given time so that we can devote sufficient time and our undivided attention to each of them.

If we cannot accept your matter, we may be able to help you find another capable law firm that can do so.

Our Ability to Accept Large Cases

Several times we have been opposed by teams of highly capable attorneys fielded by leading global law firms. In any such matter, or whenever the need arises, we can quickly assemble our own team of first-rate professionals who have worked with us successfully on prior occasion, and we can also procure essential litigation services from reliable outside service-providers, so that we are never outmatched or overwhelmed even by the largest or most pro-active global firm.

We have obtained successful results for our clients in exceedingly difficult, sprawling, and complex antitrust controversies. We believe that our work in these matters has reflected favorably on us. All the while, we are able to maintain our reasonable billing arrangements because of the manner in which our practice is structured and our lean fixed costs.

MR. MARKHAM’S ARTICLES ON ANTITRUST LAW

AN OVERVIEW OF ANTITRUST LAW (By William Markham, © 2000)

“Antitrust law is the law of competition and is perhaps the least understood law of all. This article provides an overview and explanation of the essential principles of antitrust law.”
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ANTITRUST EXEMPTIONS AND IMMUNITIES (By William Markham, © 2022)

“Over the years, Congress and the federal courts have established various immunities from federal antitrust law, removing from its reach specified commercial activities and even entire lines of commerce.”
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HOW THE CONSUMER-WELFARE STANDARD TRANSFORMED CLASSICAL ANTITRUST LAW (William Markham, © 2021)

“Since the late 1970s, antitrust law in the United States has been transformed out of recognition and rendered largely toothless by consumer-welfare jurisprudence….,”
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READ MR. MARKHAM’S ARTICLES ON TRIAL PROCEDURE AND CONTRACT LAW

MAKING SENSE OF THE RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PRESENTING YOUR EVIDENCE AT TRIAL (By William Markham, 2011)

“I try in this article simply to set forth a list of simple rules to explain the key points of the law of evidence. I also offer several pointers on organizing evidence in order to present it competently at trial.”
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ANATOMY OF A LAWSUIT (By William Markham, © 2007)

“This article is written for non-lawyers, young litigators, and non-litigator attorneys who wish to understand how a lawsuit works in practice from start to finish.”
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AN OVERVIEW OF CONTRACT LAW (By William Markham, 2002)

“Contract law lies at the heart of our system of laws and serves as the foundation of our entire society…. Our society depends upon free exchange in the marketplace at every level. Contract law makes this possible.”
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LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM MARKHAM, P.C.
402 West Broadway, Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92101
Tel. (619) 221-4400
inquiries@markhamlawfirm.com

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