Sathya S. Gosselin

Partner
Washington, DC

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OVERVIEW

Sathya is an acclaimed high-stakes litigator with nearly two decades of experience in antitrust, commercial, and sports and entertainment litigation. He advises a diverse roster of clients across numerous industries, helping each navigate complex litigation and achieve dispute resolution. Sathya prides himself on his hands-on approach to litigation, working with select teams to secure favorable results at the trial and appellate levels and deliver outstanding client service.

Sathya is known for his “adept skill set,” “penchant for high-stakes litigation,” and “close attention to detail” (Law360). The Legal 500 has recommended Sathya as a “star” who “works on the most complex cases brilliantly.” Lawdragon consistently ranks Sathya among the top 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in the United States. Sathya’s litigation achievements on behalf of clients have also earned him numerous awards, including “Litigation of the Year” (Global Competition Review); “Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice” (American Antitrust Institute); “Legal Lion” (Law360); and finalist for “Lawyer of the Year” (Global Competition Review).

Among his notable representations, Sathya scored a historic victory at trial and on appeal for college athletes in the landmark O’Bannon v. NCAA antitrust litigation, which resulted in permanent injunctive relief and billions of dollars in benefits (in perpetuity) for college athletes. The O’Bannon litigation sparked a national dialogue about equity in college sports that continues to this day.

Leading newspapers and media outlets frequently call on Sathya for his expertise in complex litigation, antitrust law, and sports law, and he has been featured in the New York Times, Bloomberg, USA Today, Reuters, Sports Illustrated, Sports Business Journal, Railway Age, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, Al Jazeera America, and Law360, among other publications.

Sathya has also served as an adjunct law professor at The George Washington University Law School and has delivered guest lectures at Yale Law School and The University of Oregon School of Law. He is a frequent speaker at American Bar Association meetings, academic symposia, and antitrust gatherings.

At Hausfeld, Sathya serves as the firm’s Conflicts and Compliance partner in addition to managing the firm’s marketing efforts (US) and overseeing professional development programs for attorneys. He is also a member of the firm’s Global Business Development and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committees. Working towards a diverse, equitable, and inclusive world is paramount for Sathya, who is an active member of our Disability Rights working group.

Clients

Representative clients include:

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CRH Americas
Denver Film Society
Ed O’Bannon
Lotte Global Logistics
Peabody Energy
PepsiCo
Run Gum
Sims Metal Management
The Avalon Theatre
Trammo

Recent engagements include:
- In re NFL’s Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation – Sathya served as trial counsel on behalf of residential and commercial subscriber plaintiffs alleging that the National Football League (“NFL”) and its teams violated the antitrust laws through media-rights agreements that suppressed the output of, and raised the price for, out-of-market game telecasts. At the conclusion of a four-week trial, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs and awarded $4.7 billion in damages (subject to a subsequent ruling on a motion for judgment as a matter of law and now on appeal).
- O’Bannon v. NCAA – Serving as trial counsel in the landmark litigation, in which Sathya examined and cross-examined witnesses at trial, deposed key NCAA executives, briefed complex constitutional issues advanced by the NCAA and television networks, and helped negotiate a $40 million settlement with Electronic Arts, Inc., which was distributed among current and former college athletes.
- In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation – Serving as counsel to dozens of rail-freight shippers in a high-profile antitrust case concerning alleged fuel-surcharge collusion among the nation’s largest rail-freight carriers.
- Representing specialty-film exhibitors in antitrust litigation concerning a dominant theater chain’s abuse of its nationwide ‘circuit’ power to coerce film distributors into undesirable exclusivity arrangements that harm competition.
- Representing health plans–alongside 47 state attorneys general–that allege that the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers fixed prices and allocated markets on dozens of generic drugs, injuring patients and their insurers through dramatically higher prices.
- Submitting an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of international human-rights scholars urging the Court to grant review as to whether customary international law excuses exhaustion of local remedies where a state accused of wrongdoing unduly delays the local remedial process.
- Representing a leading software manufacturer in copyright-infringement litigation against the federal government.
- Defending an apparel retailer against false intellectual-property infringement claims.

- Representing a corporate sponsor of track & field athletes in first-of-its-kind antitrust litigation against the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Track & Field concerning unduly restrictive limitations on athlete sponsorships.
- Negotiating a favorable settlement for a royalty-rights holder in the college athletics space.
- Obtaining a complete judgment for an internationally acclaimed DJ in commercial litigation.
- Submitting an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit on behalf of the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association, in support of the District of Columbia and asserting that there is no federal common-law basis to extinguish state-court jurisdiction for state-law claims concerning injuries arising from climate-change consequences.

Sathya is a 'young star,' who 'works on the most complex cases brilliantly.'

Legal 500 US, 2017

Sathya has an 'adept skill set,' a 'penchant for high-stakes litigation,' and 'close attention to detail.'

Law360, 2014

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