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Ms. Schechter represents clients in federal, state, and multidistrict class action cases involving antitrust and unfair competition claims, false advertising and privacy, as well as other complex litigation. In addition, Ms. Schechter represents clients in investigations and actions brought by government officials, including the FTC, various state Attorneys General, and state District Attorneys. Her clients span various industries, including Internet companies, pharmaceutical companies, electronics manufacturers, beverage manufacturers, and other consumer product manufacturers. Ms. Schechter served as the Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department from 2003 to 2007, and now serves as the Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.

Ms. Schechter was recognized as a Leading Litigation Lawyer in California by Chambers USA in 2005 and 2007. She was also named one of the top female litigators in California in 2007 by the Daily Journal. In 2005, she was listed as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” for General Litigation in the San Francisco Magazine. She has also been named one of the top 50 female litigators in the country by the National Law Journal, and was selected by California Law Business as one of the top 20 under 40 California Lawyers in 2001. Ms. Schechter is also on the editorial board of Class Action Reports, Inc. and is a member of the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) Resource Board.

Ms. Schechter received her B.A. degree from Cornell University in 1983, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1987. She served as law clerk to the Honorable Mark L. Wolf, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, during 1987 and 1988.

Exemplary Matters

• National Association of Optometrists & Opticians, et al. v. Lockyer; Snow v. LensCrafters. Currently represents various optical companies in a constitutional challenge to various California statutes in suits that arise out of class action litigation for unfair competition and false advertising. Recently obtained ruling that statutes are unconstitutional.
• New England Carpenters v. First DataBank et al. Currently represents a pharmaceutical wholesaler in defense of a class action alleging a RICO violation and various state law claims.
• In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation. Currently represents a pharmaceutical manufacturer in multi-state federal and multi-state actions by government entities regarding Medicaid.
• In re Palm Treo 600 and 650 Litigation. Currently represents Palm in multiple class action cases alleging unfair competition and breach of warranty.
• Intervention Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline. Represented GlaxoSmithKline in a class action alleging false advertising regarding an over-the-counter cold sore product and in a successful appellate challenge to a class action settlement of the case.
• Clayworth v. Pfizer et al. Represented a pharmaceutical manufacturer in an alleged price fixing case. Obtained a voluntary dismissal for no money.
• In re Wireless Products Cases. Represented a wireless computer products manufacturer in a false advertising class action suit regarding wireless computer products.
• In re DoubleClick Privacy Litigation. Defended DoubleClick Inc. in multi-district federal and multi-state class action litigation involving Internet privacy. She successfully obtained a dismissal with prejudice at the pleading stage of the federal class action cases, a decision reported at In re DoubleClick Privacy Litigation, 154 F. Supp. 2d 497 (S.D.N.Y. 2001).
• In re Brand Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation. Defended Bergen Brunswig Corporation in multi-district federal and multi-state class action litigation involving antitrust claims. A judgment as a matter of law was obtained at trial, and affirmed by the Seventh Circuit in In re Brand Name Prescription Drug Antitrust Litigation, 186 F.3d 781 (7th Cir. 1999).
• The Coca-Cola Company v. Omni. Defended The Coca-Cola Company against federal and state antitrust claims arising out of a trademark dispute.

Selected Writing and Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, “Antitrust & Patent Litigation Settlements,” The Limits of Cooperation: Life Sciences Companies Face New Antitrust Constraints, Antitrust Seminar Series — Life Sciences, November 2006.
• Speaker, “Framework for Analyzing Joint Ventures,” ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting 2006.
• Author, “How California’s Proposition 64 Is Changing Class Action Litigation in California,” Class Action Reports, Vol. 27, No. 5, October 2006.
• Author, “A Six Month Check-Up on the Class Action Fairness Act,” Class Action Reports, Vol. 26, No. 5, September-October 2005.
• Speaker, “Class Action Settlements in Consumer Cases: Strategies for Success,” Barristers Clubs’ Consumer Rights Section’s Continuing Legal Education Program, January 2005.
• Panel Member, “Making It in Law Firm Life: Perspectives from Female Partners,” Yale Law School, April 2003.
• Faculty Member, Practicing Law Institute, Third Annual Institute on Privacy Law, June 2002.
• Faculty Member, Practicing Law Institute, “eCommerce: Strategies for Success in the Digital Economy,” presenting “Privacy on the Internet: A Legal Framework,” September 2000.
• Author, “Multidistrict Litigation and Class Actions,” Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report, Vol. 7, No. 3, July 1998.
• Author, “Most Favored Nations Clauses Are No Longer the Most Favored,” 6 Competition 43, Summer 1997.