“At the most basic level, we are committed to economic justice, leveling the playing field to secure the foundation of our economy – competition.”
Joseph R. Saveri
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"One of the nation's premier plaintiffs' firms."
American Lawyer
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"Representing the best qualities of the plaintiffs' bar."
The National Law Journal
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"Their effective and caring advocacy for clients has earned Lieff Cabraser its first-class reputation."
The Daily Journal
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Super Lawyers Nationwide
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Attorneys
One of the Nation's Premier Plaintiffs' Antitrust Lawyers
The Chair of Lieff Cabraser’s Antitrust and Intellectual Property practice group, Joe assists corporate executives, public officials, business owners, and their counsel, harmed by anti-competitive conduct to determine whether and how to pursue litigation to achieve their goals.
Joe possesses over twenty years of experience in antitrust and other complex civil and class action litigation as well as knowledge of a broad range of industries including banking and financial services, computers and consumer electronics, manufacturing inputs, agricultural products, and pharmaceuticals. Joe helped craft the landmark settlement and injunction against De Beers for monopolizing the rough diamond trade. As featured in the 2008 Plaintiffs Hot List, The National Law Journal wrote about the team as being
“Among the plaintiffs’ firms that weren’t afraid to take on one of the business world’s great white whales.”
In 2011, Joe was one of the lead trial attorneys on the trial of monopolization claims against Abbott Laboratories involving the AIDs drug Norvir which produced a $52 million settlement after trial commenced.
Joe currently serves as Lead Counsel in a number of nationwide antitrust cases. Joe is also one of the lawyers principally responsible for prosecuting the TFT-LCD litigation. To date, $400 million in settlements have been reached with defedants. In the high-tech employee antitrust litigation, Joe also represents former software engineers who charge that Adobe Systems, Apple, Google, Intel, Inuit, Lucasfilm, and Pixar violated antitrust laws by conspiring to fix the pay for their employees. The complaints seek restitution for lost compensation and treble damages for the anti-competitive employment practices of defendants.
Additional Engagements
Since 2010, Joe has served as a Lawyer's Representative for the Northern District of California. For a three-year term, Joe also currently serves on the committee appointed by the Court to address proposals for adoption of a summary jury trial procedure in the Northern District.
Joe is one of the editors of California State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law, published by the State Bar of California's Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section, and a contributor to the California Class Action treatise. He is also a frequent lecturer and panelist on antitrust and complex litigation matters including electronic discovery. For the past five years Super Lawyers has recognized Joe as a Northern California Super Lawyer.
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On January 28, 2012, the CBS Evening News interviewed Joe in a report entitled "Tech Giants Accused of Anti-Trust Poaching."
Awards & Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America, based on peer and blue ribbon panel review, selected for list of "San Francisco's Best Lawyers," 2012
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- "Northern California Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers, 2006-2012
- "Top Attorneys In Antitrust Law," Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, 2010, 2012
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