Eileen M. Falk joined Ropes & Gray’s litigation and enforcement practice group in 2018. Eileen focuses her practice on antitrust, consumer protection, and complex civil litigation. Eileen routinely advises clients on antitrust compliance and risk in proposed mergers and acquisitions, including in navigating FTC and DOJ reviews and Second Requests. She also represents clients in private and government-facing complex civil litigations, with a focus on antitrust litigations. Eileen’s practice also involves advising clients on issues related to consumer protection compliance and government investigations. She maintains a robust pro bono practice representing clients in asylum proceedings and in criminal and civil appeals.
Eileen graduated with High Honors from The George Washington University Law School, where she served as an executive editor of The George Washington Law Review. Prior to law school, she worked in records management at another international law firm.
Experience
- Member of trial team representing Google in the ongoing United States v. Google (D.D.C.) search monopolization lawsuit.
- Routinely advises client companies on antitrust compliance and risk in proposed mergers and acquisitions, including in FTC and DOJ reviews and Second Requests.
- Represented numerous companies in successfully navigating Second Requests, including clients in medical technology, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing industries.
- Routinely advises clients on issues related to compliance with consumer protection rules and regulations.
- Represented board members of health and wellness company in settlement of FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection investigation and lawsuit.
- Defended biotechnology company in federal securities litigation involving allegations of misleading public statements about the testing and manufacture of company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
- Supported work of Independent Compliance Monitor appointed by DOJ and SEC in connection with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act DPA settlement.
Pro Bono
- Represented criminal defendant on appeal of conviction and sentence, including presentation of oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
- Successfully represented family of refugees in immigration court proceedings, securing a grant of asylum.
- Represented client in successful appeal of D.C. Compensation Review Board’s affirmation of a disputed worker’s compensation settlement agreement at the D.C. Court of Appeals.
- Represented survivor of domestic violence seeking Civil Protection Order in proceedings at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
- Assisted in successful Eleventh Circuit appeal for a reversal of summary judgment in Section 1983 suit for excessive force on behalf of a Florida inmate.