Logan Hovie is an associate in the litigation and enforcement practice group. He represents clients in civil matters before state and federal courts. His practice focuses on complex class actions and commercial disputes, particularly those involving clients in the higher education, financial services, and healthcare industries.
Logan returned to the firm in 2022 after clerking for the Honorable Matthew W. Brann of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. During law school, Logan was an executive articles editor for the Boston College Law Review and a law clerk in the Office of the General Counsel at the University of Vermont.
Experience
Complex Civil Litigation
- Defending a private university in multiple antitrust class actions relating to admissions and financial aid practices.
- Defending a public university in employee benefit class action.
- Member of team that secured dismissal of a major antitrust enforcement action brought by the Federal Trade Commission and follow-on class action against a private equity firm.
- Defending an education technology platform in consumer class action.
- Representing a private equity firm in an FCA qui tam lawsuit relating to the conduct of a portfolio company.
- Member of team that represented a major financial institution in a class action concerning alleged business torts arising from client relationships.
- Member of team that secured dismissal of a data breach class action against a medical research compliance services provider.
Commercial & Corporate Governance Disputes
- Represented a university and medical faculty in a commercial dispute with an academic affiliation partner.
- Defending a music data company in an exclusive contracting antitrust dispute with a competitor.
- Advising a private equity firm and pharmaceutical company in connection with foreign litigation arising from a terminated merger agreement.
- Represented a technology company in response to Section 220 demands.
Investigations & Client Counseling
- Counsel clients in pre-acquisition diligence and post-closing disputes in private-equity sponsored transactions.
- Advised a private university regarding antitrust risk.
- Advising an education technology platform regarding government contracting.
Pro Bono
- Defended a town and town supervisor in constitutional free speech litigation.