EXPERIENCE

Antitrust/Competition

In re Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigation – Samantha is the lead associate on this case representing direct purchaser businesses in a class action suit alleging an antitrust price-fixing conspiracy among the main manufacturers of packaged tuna products in the United States. Defendants Bumble Bee and StarKist have pleaded guilty for violating the antitrust laws, as have several of their senior employees. Defendant Chicken of the Sea is the leniency applicant cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice. The Court appointed Hausfeld as sole lead counsel for a class of direct purchasers.
In re Inductors Antitrust Litigation – Samantha is the lead associate in this proposed class action alleging a conspiracy to fix prices of inductors sold in the United States. Defendant TDK is leniency applicant cooperating with the United States Department of Justice on its investigation into violation of the antitrust laws in the inductors market. The Court appointed Hausfeld LLP as co-lead counsel for a proposed class of direct purchaser plaintiffs.
In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation – Samantha is part of the case team in this multidistrict litigation alleging that Blue Cross/Blue Shield entities across the country have entered into agreements not to compete with each other for customers of health insurance.

Commercial & Financial Disputes

Corcoran v. CVS Health Corp. – Samantha is part of the case team in this class action suit on behalf of consumers alleging CVS engaged in a false and deceptive pricing scheme that forced them to pay CVS higher copayments.

OVERVIEW

Experience

Samantha is a Partner in Hausfeld’s San Francisco office, specializing in complex litigation, class actions, and antitrust enforcement. She primarily represents small businesses and consumers in several major class actions. As a result of this work, SuperLawyers has ranked her a “Rising Star” in Antitrust Law every year between 2018-2021.

In her practice, Samantha has dealt with issues ranging from complex econometric modeling and expert work to managing relationships with leniency applicants under the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act to managing reviews of millions of documents produced in discovery. Samantha has argued in Federal Court, briefed numerous motions, and led discovery in multiple complex cases. Samantha has other important experience in complex litigation as well, including working as part of a trial team that brought multi-state consumer protection claims before a jury in federal court, as well as having worked on briefing and appellate arguments before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Prior to representing clients at Hausfeld, Samantha worked in the federal court, completing a two-year judicial clerkship in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California with the Honorable Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James. Samantha was also a judicial extern in Northern District Court with both Magistrate Judges Donna Ryu and Maria-Elena James. During this time in the Northern District of California, Samantha gained exposure and experience in a wide variety of civil and criminal cases and a diversity of legal and case management issues.

In addition to her case work, Samantha is a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and actively promotes social justice initiatives within the firm. Samantha also supports and promotes Hausfeld’s climate justice work wherever possible.

Clients

Samantha’s current clients include both large and small businesses as well as consumers.

EDUCATION

University of California Hastings College of the Law, J.D. 2014

Boston University, B.A. Political Science, 2009

BAR ADMISSIONS

California

AFFILIATIONS

Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Maria-Elena James (2014-2016) Judicial Extern to the Honorable Donna Ryu (2014)

Judicial Extern to the Honorable Maria-Elena James (2013)

Editor and the symposium leader, UC Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly

Extern with the United States Federal Trade Commission and San Francisco City Attorney’s Trial Team

NEWS

Hausfeld announces seven senior promotions globally

Peekya App hires global law firm Hausfeld for antitrust case claiming Google has monopolized mobile app marketplace

Antitrust / Competition
United States
Sep 30 2020

Super Lawyers recognizes 21 Hausfeld lawyers spanning both coasts and multiple practice areas

PUBLICATIONS

Optical disk drive summary judgment orders clarify FTAIA claims, but land blow to conspiracy claims

Antitrust / Competition
United States
Feb 16 2018

Samantha's other publications include:

- "Ninth Circuit Rejects “Administrative Feasibility” Requirement for Class Certification," Lexology (Feb. 23, 2017), Co-Author

PERSPECTIVES

WHAT OTHERS SAY

Super Lawyers

Rising Star, Antitrust Litigation in San Francisco since 2018

Other

While attending law school at the University of California Hastings College of Law, Samantha won top student awards in her classes, including Prosecuting International Price-Fixing Cartels as well as Energy Law.

Samantha Stein