Arman Oruc is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department.  He specializes in antitrust related issues, including not only complex antitrust litigation, but also regulatory approval of mergers and acquisitions, government investigations, and antitrust advice regarding strategic business practices.  He was the lead counsel for Sanyo Electric Co. in obtaining antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission in its acquisition by Panasonic in 2009.  His other recent engagements have included representing MasterCard in antitrust litigations brought by American Express and Discover, and successfully defending Staples in an antitrust action brought by a putative class of consumers.   Mr. Oruc has represented clients from numerous different industries in antitrust litigation brought by competitors, classes of purchasers and consumers, and the Department of Justice. 

In addition to litigation and regulatory clearance, Mr. Oruc counsels clients on antitrust issues surrounding merger negotiations, alliances, joint ventures, and trade associations, as well as everyday business conduct.  He has represented the Blu-ray Disc Association through the format wars and continues to advise them on antitrust issues.

Mr. Oruc received a B.A., summa cum laude, in economics from Skidmore College, a masters in economics from Cambridge University, and a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley. 

Mr. Oruc has written numerous articles regarding a range of antitrust issues and has appeared on CNNfn to comment on the United States v. Microsoft action, and on CNBC India to comment on MOFCOM’s decision in the proposed Coca-Cola/Huiyuan deal.

Publications

•	The Supreme Court Considers the Standards Governing the Interpretation of ERISA Plans
•	SEC Announces Significant New Initiatives to Encourage Cooperation in Investigations and Enforcement Actions
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether the NFL is a "Single Entity" and thus Immune from Antitrust Scrutiny
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether Class Arbitration is Permitted When the Arbitration Clause is Silent on the Issue
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
•	The Supreme Court Considers the ‘Inquiry Notice’ Standard in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Heightened Pleading Standard of Twombly Applies to All Federal Civil Claims
•	The Supreme Court Allows Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Seek to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	China Blocks Foreign Acquisition of a Chinese Company in an Early Major Test of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law
•	The Supreme Court Rejects the “Price Squeeze” Theory of Illegal Monopolization
•	Whole Foods/Wild Oats: D.C. Circuit Reverses and Remands on Motion to Preliminarily Enjoin Already Consummated Merger
•	The Department of Justice Gives Unconditional Approval to Proposed Merger of Sirius and XM
•	Supreme Court Hears Argument in its Second Significant Arbitration Case this Term
•	The Supreme Court Rejects "Scheme" Liability For Secondary Actors In The Absence Of Actual Reliance On The Deceptive Conduct Or A Separate Duty To Speak
•	First U.K. Criminal Charges Are Brought Against Cartel Participants Following DOJ Plea Agreements in the U.S.
•	EU Commission Dawn Raids Companies for Alleged Gun-Jumping Violations
•	The European Court of First Instance Upholds the European Commission’s Finding that Microsoft Abused its Dominant Position
•	Supreme Court Holds That Minimum Resale Price Maintenance is Not a Per Se Violation of Antitrust Law
•	Supreme Court Rules that IPO Litigation is Immune from Antitrust Scrutiny
•	Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly: Raising the Bar for Pleadings by Antitrust Plaintiffs
•	DOJ Announces Reforms to Merger Review Process - January 18, 2007
•	Two Supreme Court Antitrust Decisions In Two Days - March 2, 2006
•	FTC Reforms to Merger Review Process - February 21, 2006

Speaking Engagements

•	Arman Oruc Speaks at ABA’s IP Fundamentals for Antitrust Specialists Program Series March 3, 2010

Admissions

•	New York 1998
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1999
•	U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit 2001
•	District of Columbia 2006
•	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 2007
•	U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 2008

Education

•	University of California Berkeley School of Law, 1996 J.D.
•	Skidmore College, B.A.
•	Cambridge University, 1993 M.A.