Allison F. Sheedy

Allison F. Sheedy is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Constantine Cannon. Ms. Sheedy’s practice focuses on civil antitrust litigation, government antitrust investigations involving potentially anticompetitive business practices, and consumer protection matters. Ms. Sheedy also provides advice on an array of antitrust issues, including general compliance, joint ventures, and competitor collaborations.

Ms. Sheedy has wide ranging experience with complex case litigation, and has represented clients, both as plaintiffs and defendants, in a variety of federal and state lawsuits involving significant commercial controversies.

Ms. Sheedy has represented clients in a diverse range of sectors including book publishing, the real estate appraisal industry, cellular technology, ticketing platforms, health care, telemarketing, consumer electronics, shipping and logistics, and payments.

Representative Matters:

• In the Matter of Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board, currently representing state government agency in FTC administrative litigation alleging price fixing scheme in case involving state action immunity doctrine and defense of good faith regulatory compliance.
• Corporations for Character v. Federal Trade Commission, Case No. 11-419 (D. Ut.), second-chaired federal jury trial of film production company and telefunder accused of violating the TCPA in litigation brought by FTC and DOJ.
• StubHub Inc. v. Golden State Warriors LLC et al., Case No. 15-1436 (N.D. Cal.), represented secondary ticketing platform in tying and monopolization case brought against Ticketmaster and NBA team.
• TruePosition, Inc. v. LM Ericsson, et al., Case No. 11-4574 (E.D. Pa.), represented cellular technology company in suit alleging conspiracy and monopolization against major telecommunications suppliers and two standards setting organizations.
• In re: Electronic Books Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 11-2293 (S.D.N.Y.), represented major book publisher in connection with price fixing investigation and litigation by DOJ, state attorney generals, and consumer class related to pricing of electronic books.
• United States, et al. v. Idaho Orthopaedic Society, et al., Case No. 10-268 (D. Id.), represented orthopedic group in connection with group boycott investigation by DOJ.
• Lenox MacLaren Surgical Corporation v. Medtronic, Inc. et al., Case No. 10-2139 (D. Co.), represented medical device manufacturer in defense of claims brought under Section 2 of the Sherman Act by competitor of instruments used in spinal fusion surgery.

Prior to joining Constantine Cannon in June 2013, Ms. Sheedy was counsel at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Ms. Sheedy received her B.A. in literature from Sarah Lawrence College in 1998 and her J.D. in 2006 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was Articles Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Ms. Sheedy also holds an M.A. in Liberal Studies from the New School for Social Research.

Ms. Sheedy is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania bars.

Featured posts

• The FTC is Searching for Weak Links in its Investigation of the Retail Supply Chain (with Janice Johnson) (December 6, 2021)
• FTC Restores an Old Fence With Restoration of Prior-Approval Policy for Future Mergers by Anticompetitive Dealmakers (October 28, 2021)
• FTC Revives Monopoly Maintenance Claims Against Facebook (August 20, 2021)
• Ten Facts About FTC’s Lina Khan (August 18, 2021)