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Melvin H. Orlans

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Washington,  DC  U.S.A.
Phone202-955-1500

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Practice Areas

  • Antitrust Law and Litigation
  • Advertising and Consumer Protection
  • Complex Litigation
 
University Brandeis University, B.A., 1965; Columbia University, M.B.A., 1969
 
Law SchoolColumbia University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1969
 
Admitted1969, New York; 1971, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Fourth Circuits; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2006, District of Columbia
 
Special AgenciesFederal Trade Commission; Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice.
 
BornWashington, D.C.
 
Biography

Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1967, 1969. Recipient, Louis D. Brandeis Award as outstanding Federal Trade Commission litigator, 1985, 1996. Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1967-1969. Author, "FTC Regulation of OTC Drug and Cosmetics Advertising," Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law Journal, 1981. Speaker: "Federal Trade Commission's Use of Disgorgement in Antitrust Cases," Spring Meeting, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, 2003; "FTC Regulation of Food and Drug Advertising," Annual Educational Conference, Food and Drug Law Institute, 1980, 1981. Panelist: "Implications for Merger Analysis in Health Care after the Evanston Decision," ABA/CLE, December 2005; "Implications in Merger Analysis after the Evanston Decision," ABA/CLE, September 2007; BIO 2007 International Convention, "New Developments in the Antitrust/Intellectual Property Interface".

 
Reported CasesFTC v. Arch Coal, Inc., 329 F. Supp. 2d 190 (D.D.C. 2004); FTC v. Staples, Inc., 970 F. Supp. 1066 (D.D.C. 1997); FTC v. Butterworth Health Corp., 946 F. Supp. 1285 (W.D. Mich. 1996), aff'd, 121 F.3d 708 (6th Cir. 1997); Hospital Corp. of America v. FTC, 807 F.2d 1381 (7th Cir. 1986).
 
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Melvin H. Orlans
Hunton & Williams LLP
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037




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