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John Playforth

John Playforth is a litigator in the firm’s Washington office. John specializes in defending financial institutions, corporations, and sports leagues in high-stakes antitrust litigations and has extensive experience representing defendants in antitrust class actions and complex, multi-district litigations.

Watch: John and members of the Class Actions practice discuss antitrust class action considerations, as part of our Navigating Class Actions video series.

On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission jointly filed a Statement of Interest on behalf of the United States in the case of Cornish-Adebiyi v. Caesars Entertainment, 1:23-CV-02536 (D.N.J. Mar. 28, 2024). 

In the Statement, the agencies express their disagreement with two

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