- Represented Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd.in a high-profile Chinese drywall product liability litigation pending before the Eastern District of Louisiana as a multidistrict litigation seeking class wide damages.
- Represented one of the world’s largest telecom carriers in multiple merits hearings where client received full defense verdicts and attorneys’ fees.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in a billion-dollar ICC arbitration regarding breach of a collaboration agreement and obtained favorable results for the client.
- Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial arbitrations involving business-to-business disputes ranging from breach of vendor agreements to fraud.
- Trial counsel for a major U.S. commercial bank in a merits hearing where the client received a strong defense verdict and a counterclaim damages award.
- Represented a luxury car manufacturer in class action litigation alleging product defect, which was settled on very favorable terms prior to class certification briefing.
- Represented a leading technology company in the prosecution of antitrust claims over price fixing by lithium-ion battery suppliers.
- Represented a Fortune 500 company against antitrust claims in the ITC alleging price fixing, group boycott, and monopolization in the first antitrust case ever instituted in the ITC.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in the prosecution of federal antitrust action seeking damages under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in litigation alleging price fixing and other antitrust claims.
Matthew D. Lawson
Partner,
- Phone: +1 404 881 4650
- Email: matt.lawson@alston.com
A former criminal defense investigator with more than a decade of experience defending companies in complex, high stakes litigation, Matt uses his experience conducting witness interviews to identify vulnerabilities in a client’s defense strategy early and help avoid surprises as cases move toward trial.