Quinn Emanuel partner Stephen Neuwirth, who chairs the firm’s antitrust practice, is lead counsel for the plaintiffs. He said it was a “virtual certainty” that the cases filed across the country would be consolidated. There were “several compelling reasons” why D.C. made sense as a venue for the class action claims, he said, including the fact that the government investigation was believed to be based out of Justice Department headquarters in Washington.
“This is an instance where, as is often the case, private enforcement actions are an important complement to a government investigation,” Neuwirth said.
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