Washington, D.C.

Collin White

Complex litigation and appeals at the intersection of law, economics, technology, and regulation — with particular depth in antitrust.

collin@collinwhite.law
(202) 240-9025
LinkedIn · @CollinRWhite

Practice

Collin White litigates high-stakes cases for plaintiffs and defendants, represents parties before regulatory agencies, and advises technology and telecommunications clients on antitrust and network-infrastructure questions. He also advises litigation funders on the merits, risks, and economics of complex disputes.

Before founding his firm in 2026, he practiced for more than a decade at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC, where he represented clients in competition, appellate, and regulated-market disputes.

Representative mattersMatters handled before founding the firm; results reflect the work of full litigation teams.

Antitrust & competition — for defendants

Ohio v. American Express Co., 585 U.S. 529 (2018)
Represented American Express in the Supreme Court’s leading modern rule-of-reason decision, which affirmed judgment for Amex under a two-sided-platform framework.
FTC v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2025 WL 3211725 (D.D.C. Nov. 18, 2025)
Represented Meta in defeating, after trial, the FTC’s effort to unwind Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC’s appeal to the D.C. Circuit is pending.
FTC v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 654 F. Supp. 3d 892 (N.D. Cal. 2023)
Represented Meta in defeating the FTC’s potential-competition challenge to its acquisition of Within, a virtual-reality fitness developer.
FTC v. U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc., No. 4:23-cv-03560 (S.D. Tex.)
Represented USAP in defending the FTC’s Sherman Act and Clayton Act claims regarding acquisitions in Texas anesthesiology markets; preliminary settlement reached after USAP’s summary-judgment motion was pending.

Antitrust & competition — for plaintiffs

Viamedia, Inc. v. Comcast Corp., No. 16-cv-5486 (N.D. Ill.)
Represented Viamedia in a landmark monopolization case involving cable-advertising interconnects, in district-court proceedings before and after the Seventh Circuit’s decision reviving Viamedia’s tying and refusal-to-deal claims, 951 F.3d 429 (7th Cir. 2020), cert. denied (2021).
In re Pork Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2998 (D. Minn.)
Represented certain direct-action plaintiffs alleging that the largest pork integrators agreed to restrict supply and raise prices, maintained in part through the exchange of competitively sensitive information.
Loop LLC d/b/a AutoLoop v. CDK Global, LLC, No. 3:24-cv-571 (W.D. Wis.); In re Dealer Management Systems Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2817 (N.D. Ill.)
Represented Authenticom and the certified class of software vendors alleging that CDK and Reynolds conspired to block third-party access to dealer data; the vendor class settled with CDK for $630 million on the eve of trial (2025).
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. v. CDK Global, LLC, Civ. No. 24-A-04939-3 (Ga. Super. Ct.)
Represented Asbury in winning a preliminary injunction under the Georgia Dealer Data Law against CDK’s withholding of the dealership group’s own data.

Additional trial & appellate matters — technology, regulated markets, and commercial disputes

  • Trade secretsIntellisoft, Ltd. v. Acer America Corp., 955 F.3d 927 (Fed. Cir. 2020) — Vacatur, for want of federal jurisdiction, of a judgment in a computer power-management trade-secret dispute.
  • EnergyShell Energy North America (US), L.P. v. FERC, 107 F.4th 981 (D.C. Cir. 2024) — Vacatur of FERC refund orders for wholesale-electricity sales above a Western soft price cap, on Mobile-Sierra grounds.
  • TelecomGreenlining Institute v. FCC, No. 17-73283 (9th Cir. Jan. 23, 2020) — Denial of the petition for review that ended the challenge to the FCC’s Technology Transitions Order.
  • SecuritiesSEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc., 682 F. Supp. 3d 308 (S.D.N.Y. 2023) — Defense of Ripple Labs in the leading case on the securities laws’ application to cryptocurrency transactions.
  • Public financeEmerson v. Hillsborough County, 312 So. 3d 451 (Fla. 2021) — Invalidation of a voter-approved transportation surtax charter amendment in its entirety.
  • EarnoutShire US Holdings, Inc. v. Shareholder Representative Services LLC, 267 A.3d 370 (Del. 2021) — Affirmance of a judgment enforcing a pharmaceutical-development milestone payment under a merger agreement.
  • Product liabilityBooker v. C.R. Bard, Inc., 969 F.3d 1067 (9th Cir. 2020) — Affirmance of a plaintiff’s bellwether verdict in the Bard IVC-filter MDL over preemption, comparative-warnings, and punitive-damages challenges.
  • TelecomBellSouth Telecommunications, LLC v. Cobb County, 305 Ga. 144 (2019) — Holding that Georgia’s 911 charge is a tax that counties may not collect by suing carriers.
  • Antitrust counterclaimsArconic Corp. v. Novelis Inc., No. 2:17-cv-01434 (W.D. Pa.) — Defense of antitrust counterclaims concerning licensing for automotive-aluminum technology.
  • TelecomWiesen v. Verizon Communications, Inc., 183 A.D.3d 485 (1st Dep’t 2020) — Affirmance of the dismissal of a tortious-interference claim arising from the financing and construction of a submarine-cable system.

Experience

2026 –
The Law Office of Collin White PLLCWashington, D.C.Founder.
2018
U.S. Senate Committee on the JudiciaryWashington, D.C.Special Counsel to the Chairman during the confirmation hearings for Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
2015 – 2026
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLCWashington, D.C.Competition, appellate, and regulated-market litigation. Left the firm in 2018 for the Senate Judiciary Committee and returned later that year.
2014 – 2015
Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitDenver, ColoradoLaw clerk.
2013 – 2014
Hon. James O. Browning, U.S. District Court for the District of New MexicoAlbuquerque, New MexicoLaw clerk.
2013
Office of the Solicitor General of TexasAustin, TexasLaw clerk.

Education & admissions

The University of Texas School of Law
J.D., with high honors, 2013. Articles Editor, Texas Law Review; Chancellor-at-Large; Order of the Coif; Supreme Court Clinic.
Rice University
B.A., 2009.
Bar admissions
New York · District of Columbia
Court admissions
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, D.C., and Federal Circuits · U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Publications & recognition

Losing the Cartels in the Random Forest: The Generalization Problem in Collusion ScreeningForthcoming Stanford Computational Antitrust.
Comment on U.S. Dep’t of Just. & Fed. Trade Comm’n Request for Information for Guidance on Business Collaborations, Docket No. ATR-2026-0001 (May 21, 2026), https://www.regulations.gov/comment/ATR-2026-0001-0085. On “combination” as an independent category of concerted action under Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments ABA Antitrust Law Section, 2024. Contributor.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America Appellate Practice, 2026–2027.

Inquiries

The Law Office of Collin White PLLC
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006
collin@collinwhite.law · (202) 240-9025