Adam Acosta

About Adam Acosta

Adam Acosta is a partner in White & Case\'s Global Antitrust and Competition Practice, where he focuses on antitrust litigation, government investigations, and complex commercial disputes.Recently recognized as an MVP by Law360 for his \"successes in high-stakes litigation,\" Adam has litigated all sorts of antitrust issues from novel monopolization theories to international price-fixing allegations. Clients describe Adam as \"very thorough\" and \"knowledgeable about competitor collaborations, responding to government antitrust investigations, and information exchanges\"(Legal 500, 2021-22). He is often called on to address time-sensitive issues, with one client noting that Adam \"created an excellent appellate brief on very short notice, immediately appreciating the potential risk for our members and the urgency\"(Legal 500, 2023).Adam has helped clients resolve disputes at nearly every stage of litigation, spanning a broad range of industries. He has litigated many of the major pharmaceutical antitrust cases over the last decade, including FTC v. Actavis (voluntary dismissal after remand from Supreme Court), AndroGel (defeating class cert.), Asacol (Rule 23(f) petition and reversal of class cert. in First Circuit); Bystolic (Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of all six reverse-payment claims; affirmed by Second Circuit), Doryx (first summary judgment win in product-hopping case; affirmed by Third Circuit), Zytiga (Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of sham-litigation claims; only defendant dismissed in all cases), and many others (HIV, Effexor, Lipitor, Loestrin, Xyrem).In other sectors, Adam\'s litigation successes range from securing a complete defense verdict for Toshiba as part of the trial team that defeated price-xing claims in the TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation to obtaining an early dismissal of product-tying claims for Tim Hortons in a collective action by franchisees. And he has helped clients resolve government antitrust investigations involving manufacturing, technology, retail, and professional sports.As a past President of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia (HBA-DC), Adam led one of the most active bar associations in the Washington, DC area. He served as a board member for HBA-DC from 2015 to 2022 and is an active member of the American Bar Association and the Hispanic National Bar Association. Adam is currently a Vice Chair of the American Health Law Association\'s Antitrust Practice Group.Before joining White & Case, Adam completed a two-year clerkship at the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Experience

1. Partner

   White & Case LLP

   Jan 2022 — Present

Education

• University of Maryland

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  2004 — 2008

• Howard University School of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.)

  2008 — 2011