Scott Martin

Experience

Antitrust/Competition

• In Re: VISA Debit Card Antitrust Litigation - Hausfeld represents merchants in an antitrust class action lawsuit against Visa, Inc., alleging monopolization of the United States debit transactions market.
• In re NFL’s Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation – Scott served as co-lead 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.
• In re Libor-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation – Class action lawsuit alleging a global conspiracy by some of the world’s largest financial institutions to manipulate LIBOR. The manipulation of LIBOR, which is the primary benchmark for short-term interest rates for trillions of dollars-worth of financial transactions worldwide, is alleged to have caused billions of dollars in damage to municipalities, businesses, and investors.
• In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation – In one of the largest and most complex antitrust class action cases ever litigated, Scott represented tens of millions of subscriber plaintiffs alleging higher premiums and loss of competition in the market for health insurance due to a conspiracy among 36 insurer defendants to allocate geographic territories. In November 2020, the Court granted preliminary approval to the proposed settlement agreement resolving the claims of Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers for $2.67 billion. The settlement was unanimously affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit, and in June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court declined any further review, paving the way for the distribution of billions of dollars to subscribers nationwide, along with systemic changes to BCBS practices that will create opportunities for more competition.
• In re: Concrete and Cement Additives Antitrust Litigation – Representing a class of direct purchasers of concrete and cement admixtures in a price fixing conspiracy MDL between the world’s largest manufacturers of concrete, cement, and mortar admixtures.
• Core-Mark NY CMSA Litigation – Multi-plaintiff action asserted against leading distributors of cigarettes and other consumer goods in New York under the Cigarette Marketing Sales Act.
• Scott regularly presents compliance talks to businesspersons at industry-leading apparel, industrial, retailing, and distribution clients.
• Scott currently is providing competition advocacy before the Federal Trade Commission and merger advice to a Fortune 100 company.

Environmental & Product Liability

• SCWA v. Dow, et al. and SCWA v. 3M Company, et al. – Scott is currently representing the largest municipal groundwater provider in the United States for recovery in various water contamination matters.

Public Entity

We have extensive experience representing public and governmental entities, including state Attorneys General Offices, municipal utility boards, and counties in high-stakes investigations and litigation involving a variety of legal practice areas, including antitrust, consumer protection, financial services, and environmental law. The firm’s public entity portfolio includes:

• Retention by state Attorneys General Offices for antitrust litigation against Big Tech platforms.
• Retention by the largest public water supplier in the country relating to environmental contamination.
• Retention by public entities to pursue antitrust claims relating to fraud in financial markets; and
• Retention by the state of West Virginia in one of the earliest cases against the pharmaceutical industry relating to the opioid crisis, filed decades before the current wave of opioid litigation.