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Experience
Jeff has been with Pierce Atwood since 1975 as a litigation and trade regulation attorney. He is principally involved in civil and business litigation, including antitrust, contract, commercial, tort, intellectual property, trade secret, and computer technology cases and antitrust and trade regulation matters. Other civil litigation and arbitration experience includes cases involving the uniform commercial code, libel and slander, business torts, commercial fraud, corporate and business disputes, and construction matters in the state and federal courts of Maine and other states.
He often lectures on a variety of antitrust, business litigation and related topics.
Jeff’s background in the antitrust field includes merger analysis, pre-merger notification, distribution networks, pricing, trade association activities, unfair trade practices, general restraint of trade and a wide variety of issues under the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, Robinson-Patman Act, Federal Trade Commission Act and analogous state statutes. He has represented a variety of clients in the banking, paper, forest products, waste management, hospital and health care, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, electric power, distribution, food, beverage, retailing and skiing industries. He works frequently on matters involving the Maine Attorney General’s Office, including antitrust and unfair trade practice investigations and review of proposed mergers and acquisitions.
Jeff’s intellectual property litigation work includes cases involving trademark, tradename, copyright and patent infringement, computer software and systems disputes, unfair competition claims, and disputes over proprietary information and trade secrets.
Education
Jeff received his B.S. magna cum laude in applied physics from Tufts University (1970) and his J.D. from Boston College School of Law (1975).
Professional Activities
Jeff is a member of the American Bar Association (Antitrust, Litigation, and Intellectual Property Sections); Maine State Bar Association (co-chair, Committee on Continuing Legal Education 1981-83); Maine Trial Lawyers Association; and the Cumberland County Bar Association. Jeff is a Fellow of the Maine Bar Foundation and was a director of the New England Bar Association from 1982 to 1985.
Honors and Distinctions
Jeff is included in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for antitrust law and commercial litigation. He is also listed in Who’s Who in America, as well as in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers for commercial litigation.
Bar Admissions
Jeff is admitted to practice in Maine; the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; and the U.S. District Court, District of Maine.
Practice Areas
Antitrust
Intellectual Property
Litigation
Related Practice Areas
Class Action Litigation
IP Litigation
Representative Matters
Broadcast Music, Inc. v. BroadcastAmerica.com, Inc.
Colt Defense LLC v. Bushmaster Firearms, Inc. (patent)
Colt Defense LLC v. Bushmaster Firearms, Inc. (trademark)
Doran-Maine v. Camp Dresser & McKee et. al.
FPL Energy v. Central Maine Power Co.
General Signal Corporation v. Howell Laboratories, Inc.
Idexx Laboratories, Inc. v. Canfield
In Re Maine Partners Health Plan, Maine Bureau of Insurance Proceeding
Karofsky v. Abbott Labs et al.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. McMahon and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
N.A. Burkitt, Inc. v. Champion Road Machinery, Ltd.
State of Maine v. Cardiovascular and Thoracic Associates, et. al.
State of Maine v. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. et. al.
State of Maine v. Key Bank of Maine, Inc.
State of Maine v. Sears Roebuck and Company
The Beale Street Grille, Inc. v. Lifestyle Ventures, LLC
The Profit Recovery Group USA, Inc. v. Rebecca Wyke, et al
U.S. v. American Skiing Company, et. al.
Village Candle Inc. v. Village Candles, Inc.
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