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Jerry L. Beane
Partner

1717 Main Street
Suite 3700
Dallas TX 75201
P: 214.659.4520
F: 214.659.4778
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Antitrust and commercial litigation.

Representative Experience

  • Antitrust representation in mergers in energy, food, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing and telecommunications industries.
  • Defense of federal and state antitrust and other governmental investigations in banking, construction, energy, explosives, food, healthcare, home furnishings, insurance, logistics and transportation industries.
  • Defense of patent, trademark, securities, contract and breach of fiduciary duty litigation.
  • Antitrust counseling on distribution, HSR, joint venture, pricing, price-determination, trade association and compliance program issues.
  • Representation of liability insurers in coverage, bad faith, Insurance Code violations, claims handling and failure to settle lawsuits.
  • Claims defended include environmental and other coverage issues under CGL policies, uninsured motorist coverage, reinsurance agreement disputes, specialty coverage issues such as catastrophe injury policy and sporting and entertainment event coverage.
  • Defended cases in Texas, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina and Wyoming.
  • MDL403, In Re: New Mexico Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation - United States District Court for the District of New Mexico - Trial of horizontal and vertical price fixing claims in class action with more than 300,000 class members.
  • Tucker v. Interstate Brands Corporation - District Court, Johnson County, Texas - Trial of horizontal price fixing claims in bread industry with more than 52,000 class members.
  • MDL 1093. In Re: Commercial Explosives Antitrust Litigation - United States District Court for District of Utah, Central Division - Defense of horizontal price fixing claims in explosives industry.
  • Apani v. Coca-Cola Enterprises - United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division and appeal 300 F. 3d 620 (5th Circuit 2002).
  • Alexsam v. Wildcard Systems - Defense of patent litigation in Eastern District of Texas.
  • QPSX v. Nortel - Defense of patent infringement case in the Eastern District of Texas.
  • Harmar v. Coca-Cola Enterprises - District Court of Morris County, TX - trial and appeal of rule of reason antitrust case, 218 S.W.3d 671 (Tex. 2006).

Articles / Publications

  • “Antitrust, Fifth Circuit Survey" Texas Tech Law Review (1996)
  • “Passing-On Revived: An Antitrust Dilemma" Baylor Law Review (1980)
  • “The Antitrust Implications of Airline Deregulation" Journal of Air Law & Commerce (1980)
  • “Deceptive and Unfair Acts Under the Federal Antitrust Laws” Texas Bar Journal (1979)
  • “Antitrust: Standing and Passing On" Baylor Law Review (1974)

Briefings, Seminars & Speeches

Speaker

  • "A Texas Antitrust Case from Trial through Appeal to the Texas Supreme Court," (co-presenter) Speech to the Texas State Bar Antitrust & Business Litigation Section at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting (June 2005)
  • "Supreme Court's No Evidence Standard for the 21st Century--Something New or Something Old," presented at the Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference sponsired by The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas (October 26, 2007)

Professional / Civic Affiliations

Member

  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Chairman, Antitrust Section of Dallas Bar Association
  • Adjunct Professor for Antitrust, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
  • President, Baylor Law Review Ex-Editors Association
  • Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee of Dallas Bar Association
  • Chairman, Bar Activities Committee of Dallas Bar Association
  • Chairman, Client’s Security Fund Committee of State Bar of Texas

Listed

  • Selected to the 2008 class of Business Defense Lawyers (Defenders), Dallas Business Journal (2008)
  • Profiled as a Go-to Antitrust Law attorney, Texas Lawyer Go-to Guide (2007)
  • Texas Super Lawyer in Antitrust Litigation, Texas Monthly (2006 and 2007)
  • Profiled as one of the leading Antitrust lawyers in Texas, Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers (2006 and 2007)
  • Who’s Who in American Law
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine (May 2001, May 2003, May 2005, May 2007)
  • Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly (November 2003)
  • Who’s Who In American Colleges and Universities

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Education
  • JD, 1967, Baylor University Law School, Baylor Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, Phi Delta Legal Fraternity, President
  • BA, 1965, Baylor University
Admitted
  • Texas 1967
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