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Stephen D. Libowsky

Partner

Antitrust and Competition
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  • Phone: 312.477.4798
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  • University of Georgia, J.D., with honors, 1982
    Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review

    Vanderbilt University, B.A., with honors, 1979

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  • Antitrust and Competition
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Profile

Profile

Stephen Libowsky is an antitrust and litigation partner focused on helping clients navigate the complexities of antitrust and competition issues in litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters. A trusted business advisor with experience across a variety of industries, Steve’s clients rely on him for a wide range of antitrust and competition issues, including navigating deals through the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and competition agencies globally.

Steve counsels companies across a broad range of critical antitrust-related areas, including joint ventures and operating arrangements, mergers, affiliations, distribution systems, cartels, reimbursement matters, peer review, managed care, and ancillary businesses alleged to involve monopoly leveraging. His antitrust work includes grand jury and internal investigations, relationships with competitors, distribution, pricing, and unfair competition matters. Additionally, Steve has tried antitrust cases to verdict for clients both as a plaintiff and as a defendant.

In addition to handling transactions and resolving disputes, Steve has successfully arbitrated numerous cases to decision before three-member arbitration panels.

Steve has advised clients across an extensive list of industries and sectors, including health care, automobile, agribusiness (including cannabis), energy, entertainment and media, financial services, life sciences, music, pharmaceuticals, sports and technology, among others.

As an active member of his community, Steve maintains a significant pro bono practice, which regularly involves many of today’s most pressing civil rights and liberties issues. He previously served as President of the Public Interest Law Initiative and has been on its Board of Directors for over 25 years. Steve has also earned numerous recognitions for his pro bono work, including the Edward Lewis Award from the Chicago Bar Association and awards from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals; the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; the Illinois State Bar Association; Access Living; and others.

At the start of his legal career, Steve was a law clerk to the Honorable G. Ernest Tidwell of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia.

Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, “The Brave New World of Antitrust Merger Review & Enforcement,” DealLawyers.com, December 7, 2021.

Presenter, “What’s New in Insurance Antitrust,” Gotham Insurance Symposium, New York, October 24, 2019.

Speaker, “Antitrust Update for In-House Counsel,” American Bar Association Antitrust Section, Corporate Counseling Committee, September 17, 2019.

Presenter, “What’s New in Insurance Antitrust,” Heartland Insurance Symposium, Kansas City, Missouri, May 22, 2019.

Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

Recognized in Chambers USA for Antitrust

Global Competition Review

The Best Lawyers in America

Illinois SuperLawyers has regularly recommended Steve

The Leading Lawyers Network

The Legal News “Top Lawyers In America”

Steve has achieved an AV rating from Martindale for decades

Edward Lewis Award from the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Foundation

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals; the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; the Illinois State Bar Association; Access Living; and others have also recognized his commitment to pro bono

Memberships

Memberships

Admitted to practice in Illinois and Georgia

American Bar Association, Section on Antitrust Law

Board Member, Public Interest Law Initiative (1997–Present)

Office of the General Counsel, American Youth Soccer Organization

Law360’s Competition Editorial Advisory Board, 2015 and 2017

Publications

Publications

Quoted, “Employment Attorneys Say FTC Noncompete Ban Is Likely. Here’s How To Prepare.,” Inside Radio, February 13, 2023.

Co-author, “Monopoly,” Concurrences’ Global Dictionary of Competition Law, December 7, 2022.

Quoted, “Manatt Nabs Ex-Dentons US Antitrust Head In Chicago,” Law360, September 29, 2021.

Quoted, “Ex-Dentons U.S. antitrust head joins Manatt in Chicago,” Reuters, September 29, 2021.

Quoted, “Former Dentons US Antitrust Head Moves To Manatt,” Competition Policy International, September 29, 2021.

Stephen in the News

  • 02.07.23

    Manatt Represents Medicaid Health Plans of America in the Supreme ...

    On January 6, 2023, Manatt attorneys filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Medicaid Health Plans of America in the U.S. Supreme Court in support o...

  • 10.26.22

    Manatt Recognizes 20 Pro Bono Champions on Its Annual Pro Bono High ...

    Manatt is proud to highlight 20 professionals across its various practices on its second annual Pro Bono High Honor Roll. This year’s list ...

  • 04.04.22

    Leading Antitrust Lawyer Joins Manatt in New York

    David Reichenberg brings an extensive background representing startups and public companies alike in the gamut of antitrust and unfair competition ...

  • 03.02.22

    Manatt Represents Mann+Hummel in Its Acquisition of Pamlico Air

    A Manatt team led by Corporate and Finance Partner Scott Schwartz represented Mann+Hummel, a global filtration solutions provider, in its acquisiti...

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Stephen's Articles

  • 12.07.22

    Reichenberg and Libowsky Co-Authored “Monopoly” Definition for ...

    Manatt Antitrust and Competition Partners David Reichenberg and Stephen Libowsky co-authored an entry for the word “monopoly” in ...



Stephen's Newsletters

  • 03.17.23

    Another Wage-Fixing Indictment (and Preventive Measures to Take)

    On March 16, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced another indictment of an individual, alleging price-fixing in the labor markets for ...



Stephen's Events and Webinars

  • 02.07.23

    How to Navigate the Regulatory Trend to Ban and Criminalize ...

    On the heels of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) January 5, 2023 proposed rule banning noncompetes, Manatt’s antitrust and ...



  • 03.01.22

    Antitrust and Health Care: What to Expect in 2022

    The big technology companies may be making headlines for antitrust scrutiny, but health care is also squarely in the crosshairs for heightened ...



  • 12.07.21

    Libowsky to Speak in DealLawyers.com Webcast

    Manatt Health and Antitrust partner Steve Libowsky will speak in a DealLawyers.com webcast titled “The Brave New World of Antitrust Merger ...

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