At both the Antitrust Division and the FTC, David Balto was regularly involved in litigating antitrust merger cases, including the seminal Staples/Office Depot and Heinz/Beechnut mergers.  In private practice, he has been frequently been involved in litigated merger cases, including:
•    United States v. Nippon Sanso (1991);
•    United States v.  United Tote (1992);
•    United States v. Sungard Data Systems, Inc. (2001);
•    United States v. UPM-Kymmene (2003);
•    In re Medical Device Arbitration (2004);
•    Reilly v. Media News (2007);
•    F.T.C. v. Western Refining (2007).

In addition, David Balto has provided advice and secured regulatory clearance for mergers in a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, supermarkets, retailing, industrial products, and telecom devices.

In several matters, we have led advocacy against proposed mergers being investigated by the Antitrust Division of the FTC, including:

• Wal-Mart/Amigo
• First Data/Concord
• JNJ/Guidant
• Boston Scientific/Guidant
• Express Scripts/Caremark
• United Healthcare/Sierra