Samantha Derksen

Associate
Washington, DC

she / her / hers

OVERVIEW

Experience

Samantha is currently an Associate at Hausfeld in Washington, DC. She has also spent a few years in Hausfeld’s London office and has been involved in both European and US litigation.

Samantha ‘s practice focuses on complex litigation, including antitrust litigation, privacy disputes and environmental and consumer protection matters.

Prior to working at Hausfeld, Samantha worked in the ﬁeld of international economic law, litigating World Trade Organization cases and researching issues relating to the complex interplay of international trade and climate change.

Samantha is ﬂuent in Dutch.

- In re Foreign Exchange Benchmarks Rates Antitrust Litigation – Represents market participants in the foreign exchange market alleging that international banks have fixed the price of foreign exchange instruments. The litigation has so far resulted in over $2.3 billion in settlements.
- In re Broiler Chicken Grower Antitrust Litigation – Represents a proposed class of broiler chicken farmers (referred to as “Growers”) claiming that over twenty of the country’s largest poultry producers, including Defendants Tyson Foods, Pilgrim’s Pride, Perdue Farms, Koch Foods, and Sanderson Farms colluded to suppress Grower pay. Settlements have been reached with Tyson ($21 million), Perdue ($14.75 million), and Koch ($15.5 million), and the litigation continues against the non-settling defendants.
- In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation – Represents a certified class of purchasers of over-the-counter (OTC) financial instruments with interest payments tied to the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR), challenging the collusive manipulation of U.S. Dollar LIBOR by the world’s largest financial institutions. The collusion is claimed to have suppressed the U.S. Dollar LIBOR rate, which allowed the defendant banks to benefit financially to the detriment of their counterparties in OTC instruments. The case has resulted in $590 million in settlements with four banks (Barclays, Citibank, HSBC, and Deutsche Bank), and continues against the remaining thirteen defendant banks.
- Dutch Trucks Cartel Litigation – Represented thousands of European truck purchasers that suﬀered damages as a result of the trucks cartel and ﬁled related claims in the Netherlands.
- In re California Gasoline Spot Market Antitrust Litigation - Represents a proposed class of California gasoline purchasers alleging manipulation of a pricing benchmark by SK Energy and Vitol, two dominant trading firms.
- In re Equifax, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation – Represented consumers whose personal data was exposed in the Equifax data breach—the largest data breach in history where over 145 million Americans were impacted. This privacy dispute resulted in a $1.5 billion settlement.
- VW "Clean Diesel" Litigation – Litigated an application pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782, seeking to obtain evidence through U.S. discovery mechanisms for use in European litigation where consumers seek damages from Volkswagen AG in relation to that company’s massive "clean-diesel" fraud.

Perspektiven / Blogs

Samantha Derksen

OVERVIEW

EDUCATION

BAR ADMISSIONS

AFFILIATIONS

NEWS

Government challenged over PPE supply contract worth $83 million

Hausfeld receives GCR 2020 award for pan-European Trucks Cartel litigation

EVENTS

The American Bar Association's Trends in Litigation Involving Market Pricing Indices

PUBLICATIONS

Towards effective collective redress in Europe: new Dutch mechanism to open courts to opt-out damages claims

PERSPECTIVES

Digital Markets Unit launched: new watchdog to leash tech giants

Ocado v. McKeeve: a catch-22 stemming from document destruction?

Jurisdiction and indirect purchasers: the CJEU’s first Truck Cartel decision raises more questions than it answers

A big step towards enacting a collective damages mechanism by the Dutch

Experience

What I think

Digital Markets Unit launched: new watchdog to leash tech giants

Ocado v. McKeeve: a catch-22 stemming from document destruction?

Jurisdiction and indirect purchasers: the CJEU’s first Truck Cartel decision raises more questions than it answers

A big step towards enacting a collective damages mechanism by the Dutch

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