Associate

Kenneth M. Vorrasi is an associate in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, where he practices in the areas of antitrust and litigation.

Ken’s antitrust practice focuses on litigation, investigations before the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and state enforcement authorities, and counseling on a variety of antitrust issues, with an emphasis on matters at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property. Ken’s practice includes representing clients in litigation in federal and state court and appearing before the federal antitrust agencies to obtain clearance of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. Since joining the firm, Ken has represented clients in a variety of industries, including computer hardware and software, technology, pharmaceutical and health care.

Ken is a member of the ABA’s Antitrust Section, and currently serves as the editor of the Section’s IP Committee E-Bulletin, which focuses on developments in antitrust and intellectual property.

Ken’s publications include:

• Justice Stevens' Antitrust Legacy, Antitrust (Summer 2010) (with R. Skitol).  
• Patent Holdup in Standards Development: Life After Rambus v. FTC, Antitrust (Summer 2009) (with R. Skitol).
• Justice Souter's Antitrust Legacy, The Antitrust Source (June 2009) (with R. Skitol).
• Intellectual Property Licensing: The Intersection between Intellectual Property Rights and the Antitrust Laws, in 48th Annual Advanced Antitrust Seminar: Distribution & Marketing (Practicing Law Institute 2009) (with M.H. Morse).
• ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Antitrust Handbook (2007) (author of Chapter VII: Antitrust Issues in Mergers Involving Intellectual Property).
• The Fall of the Kodak Aftermarket Doctrine: Dying a Slow Death in the Lower Courts, 72 Antitrust L.J. 209 (2004) (with D. Goldfine).
• Note, England’s Reform to Alleviate the Problems of Civil Process: A Comparison of Judicial Case Management in England and the United States, 30 J. Legis. 361 (2004).