Bruce is a Member in the firm's Washington office and serves as Manager of Mintz Levin's Antitrust & Federal Regulation Section. In his over 30 years in private practice, he has developed extensive experience in both antitrust and communications regulation, including associated First Amendment and copyright law matters.
In the antitrust area, Bruce's practice includes antitrust counseling and representation in connection with federal and state governmental matters, as well as private antitrust litigation. He counsels and has represented Fortune 100 companies, not-for-profits, start-up entities, and domestic and international joint ventures. Bruce has been involved in antitrust matters spanning a broad range of industries, but has particularly deep expertise in the communications, health care and retail industries.
Bruce is listed in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for antitrust law and he was named a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer in 2012. He was also named an "Outstanding Healthcare Antitrust Lawyer" by Nightingale's Healthcare News in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Representative Matters
Mergers
· Represented CVS in the antitrust aspects of its $2.7 billion acquisition of Longs Drugs
· Represented CVS in the antitrust aspects of its $27 billion acquisition of Caremark
· Represented Qiagen in the antitrust aspects of its $1.5 billion acquisition of Digene
· Represented a cable company in the first successful FTC clearance of the acquisition of an overbuilt cable system
Litigation
· Covad Communications Co. v. Bell Atlantic Corp., 398 F.3rd 666 (D.C. Cir. 2005) (counsel for Covad)
· Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 373 F.3d 57 (1st Cir. 2004) (counsel for CVS) (obtained directed verdict at close of plaintiffs' case in jury trial)
· Jung v. Association of American Medical Colleges, 339 F.Supp.2d 26 (D.D.C. 2004), aff'd, (D.C. Cir. 2006) (unpublished opinion), cert. denied, ___U.S. ____ (2007) (counsel for Massachusetts General Hospital)
In the communications area, Bruce counsels and represents clients before the Federal Communications Commission and the courts in a wide variety of matters, including rulemakings and their judicial review, constitutional issues raised by FCC actions, and merger reviews. He has extensive experience in cable television matters, and his clients include Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., National Cable Telecommunications Association, Insight Communications, CTAM, C-SPAN, Bright House Networks, The Weather Channel, and others. Bruce has also represented copyright users in proceedings in the Southern District of New York and before arbitration entities established under the Copyright Act to establish copyright royalties.
Representative Matters
Regulatory
· FCC children's television rulemaking-represented Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and AOL in FCC proceeding
· Verizon/MCI-represented Bright House Networks in DOJ and FCC reviews of merger
· FCC retransmission consent regulations-represented Coalition for Retransmission Consent Reform in FCC regulatory proceedings
Litigation
· C-SPAN-FCC, 531 F.3rd 105 (D.C. Cir. 2008) (counsel for C-SPAN)
· Quest Services Corp v. FCC, 398 F.3rd 666 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (counsel for iBasis)
· Covad Communications Co. v. FCC, 450 F.3rd 528 (D.C. Cir. 2006) (counsel for Covad)
· Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC, 520 U.S. 180 (1997) and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC, 512 U.S. 622 (1994) (counsel for Turner)
Bruce served as the Managing Member for the firm's Washington, D.C. office from 1989 to 2001, and served on the firm's Executive Committee from 1989 to 2002.
Bruce is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Massachusetts and before several U.S. Courts of Appeals as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar and the Federal Communications Bar Association. He received his A.B., cum laude, from Princeton University (1971) and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law School (1974), where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Law Journal. Following his graduation from Georgetown, Bruce served as law clerk to Judge Edward Allen Tamm of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Industries
Government
Health Care
Internet & e-Commerce
Telecommunications & Media