Michael Zaken

Michael J. Zaken has a broad litigation practice, with a particular focus on antitrust, bankruptcy, class action defense, commercial disputes and intellectual property, as well as antitrust advisory and other advisory work.

• Representation of Epic Games as plaintiff in two actions against Google and Apple, alleging anticompetitive behavior in the distribution of mobile apps and the handling of in app payments. Following a multi week trial in the case against Google, a jury unanimously ruled in favor of Epic on all counts. In connection with this victory, the Cravath team was recognized as The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigators of the Week” and received an Impact Case Award from Benchmark Litigation. Following a three week bench trial in the Apple case, the court issued a nationwide permanent injunction against Apple’s anti steering policies.
• Represented Illumina in an administrative challenge brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concerning Illumina’s $8 billion acquisition of GRAIL, a healthcare company developing a cancer screening test for 50 cancer types. In September 2022, the FTC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge ruled in favor of Illumina and rejected the FTC’s challenge to the merger.
• Represented Louis Dreyfus, a leading international merchant and processor of agricultural goods, and its subsidiary Imperial Sugar Company in an action brought by the DOJ in Delaware federal court seeking to enjoin U.S. Sugar’s proposed acquisition of Imperial Sugar from Louis Dreyfus. In September 2022, the court ruled in favor of the defendants, denying the DOJ’s request for an injunction to block the acquisition, and the Third Circuit unanimously affirmed the ruling in July 2023.

• Competition/antitrust