Sam’s practice primarily focuses on complex antitrust matters in federal courts across the country. Sam earned his J.D. from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. During his time at UC Irvine, Sam externed for the Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, for the U.S. House of Representatives in the office of Congresswoman Katie Porter, and for the Superior Court of Santa Barbara with the Honorable Brian Hill.
Prior to joining Hausfeld, Sam was an associate at a defense firm where he was responsible for initial case evaluation, pleadings, discovery and depositions, motion practice, court appearances and arguments, expert retention and preparation, settlement negotiations, as well as mediation and trial workup.
Clients
Sam represents classes of individual consumers as well as small and large businesses who have been harmed by the anticompetitive conduct or negligence of others.
Sam earned his B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Sam is bilingual in English and Arabic.
University of California, Irvine School of Law, J.D., 2020
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Economics, High Honors, 2015
California
American Bar Association, Section on Antitrust Law, Member
In re National Football League’s “Sunday Ticket” Antitrust Litigation – certified class action alleging that the NFL’s exclusive agreement to allow DirecTV to broadcast out-of-market Sunday NFL football games violated the antitrust laws.
In re Da Vinci Surgical Robot Antitrust Litigation – proposed class action alleging that Intuitive Surgical engages in an anticompetitive scheme pursuant to which it ties the purchase or lease of its da Vinci surgical robot to the additional purchase of da Vinci maintenance and repair services, including the repair and replacement of the surgical system’s EndoWrists.
In re Wawa, Inc. Data Security Litigation – proposed class of financial institutions alleging the convenience-store chain’s negligence resulted in a massive data breach, compromising more than 30 million payment cards used at up to 850 store locations on the East Coast.