Brent W. Landau 
Brent W. Landau, an Associate, joined Cohen Milstein in 2002 and is a member of the Antitrust practice group.
Mr. Landau currently is working on Schwab v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al. (E.D.N.Y.), alleging a RICO conspiracy and fraud in connection with the marketing and sale of “light” cigarettes; In re Intel Corporation Microprocessor Antitrust Litigation (D. Del.), alleging monopolization of the market for x86 microprocessors; and Allied Orthopedic Appliances, Inc. v. Tyco Health Care Group, L.P. (C.D. Cal.), alleging monopolization of the market for pulse oximetry products. Other cases in which he has been involved include In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation (D.D.C.), where a 2003 trial resulted in a trial verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and the class of $49.5 million before trebling, the fifth largest that year; Ferko v. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (E.D. Tex.), alleging anticompetitive conduct in the market for top-level stock car racing (a settlement in the case succeeded in bringing the inaugural second Nextel Cup Series race to Texas Motor Speedway); and Meijer, Inc. v. 3M Co. (E.D. Pa.), alleging monopolization of the market for invisible and transparent tape (an approximately $28 million settlement was approved in 2006).
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Landau served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Bruce W. Kauffman, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
He is the author of State Employees and Sovereign Immunity: Alternatives and Strategies for Enforcing Federal Employment Laws, 39 Harv. J. on Legis. 169 (2002); State Bans on City Gun Lawsuits, 37 Harv. J. on Legis. 623 (2000); and Sovereign Immunity and You: How New York State Employees Can Enforce Their Federal Employment Rights, United University Professions Working Paper Series (Dec. 2005) (presented at November 2005 UUP conference on “Preserving the Rights of Public Employees”). Mr. Landau graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he received a B.A. in History and Philosophy (summa cum laude, 1998) and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He obtained his law degree from Harvard Law School (cum laude, 2001), where he was co-chairperson of the Tenant Advocacy Project and a supervising editor of the Harvard Journal on Legislation. Mr. Landau is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New York and the District of Columbia.
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