Antitrust Update Blog is a source of insights, information and analysis on criminal and civil antitrust and competition-related issues. Patterson Belknap’s antitrust lawyers represent clients in antitrust litigation and counseling matters, including those related to pricing, marketing, distribution, franchising, and joint ventures and other strategic alliances. We have significant experience with government civil and criminal/cartel investigations, providing the unique perspectives of former...
Practice Expertise
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Complex Commercial Actions
- Antitrust
- Appellate
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Appellate
- Complex Commercial Actions
- Litigation
- Privacy and Data Security
- State Attorneys General
- White Collar Defense and Investigations View More
Profile
George A. LoBiondo is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation department, where he represents clients in complex commercial disputes, and matters adverse to government entities.
Mr. LoBiondo has extensive experience litigating and arbitrating contract-based disputes, including those arising out of licensing arrangements, distribution agreements, equity investments, collaboration/joint development agreements, and asset purchase agreements. He also has significant antitrust experience, and regularly represents entities asserting tortious interference, defamation, Lanham Act claims, and related business torts.
Prior to joining Patterson Belknap, Mr. LoBiondo served as a law clerk to the Hon. John F. Keenan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; Third Circuit
- New York
- New Jersey
Education
- Fordham University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Law Review
- Fordham University (B.A., magna cum laude in cursu honorum)
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Appellate
- Complex Commercial Actions
- Litigation
- Privacy and Data Security
- State Attorneys General
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Professional Career
Articles
When Is Using a Computer a Crime? Rehearing Sought on Ninth Circuit's "Distressingly Unclear" Answer
By George LoBiondo |August 2016
- Co-author, "INSIGHT: Carpenter v. United States: An Initial Assessment," Bloomberg Law (July 16, 2018)
- Co-author, “SCOTUS to Decide if Cell Site Location Is Protected by Fourth Amendment,” New York Law Journal (July 10, 2017)
- Contributor, DataSecurityLaw.com
- Co-author, “Antitrust Enforcers Ramp Up Scrutiny of E-commerce at Home and Abroad,” Inside Counsel (July 21, 2015)
Blogs
Data Security Law Blog
DataSecurityLaw.com is the firm’s resource for the latest news, analysis, and thought leadership in the critical area of privacy and cybersecurity law. Patterson Belknap’s Privacy and Data Security practice provides public and private enterprises, their leadership teams and boards with comprehensive services in this critical area. Our team of experienced litigators, corporate advisors and former federal and state prosecutors advises on a broad range of privacy and data protection matters includi
Data Security Law Blog
DataSecurityLaw.com is the firm’s resource for the latest news, analysis, and thought leadership in the critical area of privacy and cybersecurity law. Patterson Belknap’s Privacy and Data Security practice provides public and private enterprises, their leadership teams and boards with comprehensive services in this critical area. Our team of experienced litigators, corporate advisors and former federal and state prosecutors advises on a broad range of privacy and data protection matters...
Misbranded
Misbranded is Patterson Belknap’s blog covering false advertising litigation—both consumer class actions and competitor suits—with a particular focus on FDA-regulated products (foods/beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements).
New York Commercial Division Decisions
The blog is a source for insights and developments related to practice in the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court. This blog reviews key developments in the Commercial Division, including important decisions handed down by the Commercial Division and appellate court decisions reviewing Commercial Division decisions. The blog also covers changes and proposed changes to Commercial Division rules and practice, including revisions to the rules since January 2015. The...
NY Patent Decisions Blog
NYPatentDecisionsBlog.com is a source for the latest patent decisions from the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. The blog is authored by Patterson Belknap’s Patent Litigation practice group, whose members are highly experienced trial attorneys with extensive technical knowledge. Many have advanced scientific degrees and industry experience in fields such as communications, electrical and electro-optical technology, semiconductor technology, metallurgical...
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