Steig D. Olson Steig D. Olson joined the Firm as an Associate in 2003 as a member of the Antitrust practice group.
Currently, Mr. Olson serves as one of lead counsel in several major nationwide antitrust class actions, including: In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation (D.D.C.), in which shippers nationwide seek damages for alleged price fixing of rail freight fuel surcharges by the nation’s dominant freight-shipping railroads; In re LTL Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ga.), in which shippers of freight by less-than-truckload (LTL) trucking allege that the defendants fixed prices of LTL shipping services; In re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation (II) (W.D. Pa.), alleging price-fixing by manufacturers of flat glass used in the construction industry, and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., et al. (D.D.C.), in which a certified class of purchasers of an important enzyme used in DNA amplification, human-genome research, and medical diagnostics, allege that the defendants unlawfully monopolized the market for the enzyme. Mr. Olson is the author of: - Efforts to Delay Competition from Generic Drugs: Litigation Along a Seismic Fault Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law, co-authored with Joshua P. Davis, 39 U.S.F.L. Rev. 1 (2004),
- Greater Scrutiny of the Merits During Class Certification: Are Class Action Standards Evolving?, presented at the 2008 ABA Antitrust Spring Conference, and
- Antitrust Class Actions: Continued Vitality, Global Competition Review, The Antitrust Review of the Americas (2008), co-authored with Michael Hausfeld and Seth Gassman
Before joining Cohen Milstein, Mr. Olson clerked for the Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, now Chief Judge, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Mr. Olson graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude (J.D., 2001) and Vassar College with a B.A. in Philosophy (1997).
Mr. Olson is admitted to practice in New York
Contact: solson@cmht.com Practice Area: |
