Andrew J. Morganti

Andrew J. Morganti is the head of the Firm's Antitrust and Competition Law Litigation practice groups handling mandates in Canada and the United States. He has over twelve years of antitrust and competition law, commodity manipulation, and securities fraud litigation experience.

He is or was a member of the plaintiffs' counsel group in the following resolved or partially resolved actions:

  • In re Polyurethane Foam Competition Litig., 10-cv-15164 (ON Superior Crt.);

  • In re Confectionery Chocolate Antitrust Litig., 08-cv-347263 (ON Superior Crt.), partial settlement, only;

  • In re Transpacific Passenger Fuel Surcharge Competition Litig., 09-cv-384304 (ON Superior Crt.), partial settlement, only;

  • In re NovaGold Resources Securities Litig., CV-09-13833 (ON Superior Crt.), $28 million cross-border settlement;

  • In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litig., 21 MC 92 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y.), $586 million settlement covering 309 new economy initial public offerings;

  • Myers and Koehmsted v. Move, Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co., et al., No. BC 312115 (L.A. Sup. Crt.) and 03-cv-5574 (S.D.N.Y.), see also, Move, Inc., 2006 10-K;

  • Purcell et al. v. Homestore.com, Inc., et al., No. LC 67919 (L.A. Sup. Crt. 2004), over $6 million settlement;

  • Arsfinatica Ltd. v. Morgan Stanley, NASD No. 04-07867 (Cal. arbitration), settlement value of approximately 50% of the recoverable losses;

  • Bollinger Trust Ltd. v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, NASD No. 03-08947 (N.Y. arbitration);

  • In re USN Communications Securities Litig., 98-cv-7482 (N.D. Ill.);

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  • In re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 1278 (E.D. Mich.).

He is currently one of the vice chairs of the American Bar Association Class Action & Derivative Suit Committee and was the 2010-2011 Chair of the State Bar of Michigan Antitrust Section. He has lectured on antitrust and shareholders rights' matters before various academic, governmental, and professional associations.

Mr. Morganti earned an undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Michigan, a Juris Doctor degree from Michigan State University, and a LL.M. in International Financial & Banking Laws from Boston University. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Michigan (1998), the District of Columbia (2002), and Ontario, Canada (2010).