Yetter Coleman Defeats Antitrust Class Action Against Private Equity Firm Welsh Carson
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Kay’s practice focuses on commercial litigation. She has represented plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, unfair competition, trade secrets, contract, and tort disputes. Her cases span from healthcare to oilfield equipment and chemicals.
Before joining the firm, Kay clerked with the Hon. Robert E. Bacharach in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Hon. Vanessa L. Bryant in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she served as an Articles Editor for the Yale Journal on Regulation.
Representative Experience
- Doctors Hospital of Laredo v. Laredo Medical Center. Part of plaintiff’s team in Sherman Act case related to the interventional cardiology market in Laredo, Texas. Lawsuit is ongoing.
- US Airways v. Sabre. Part of plaintiff’s team in the first post-Amex two-sided-market Sherman Act antitrust trial. After a three-week trial in SDNY, the jury found the defendant liable for monopolization.
- SS Management v. Harrah’s. Part of plaintiff’s team in action bringing contract, tort, and Nevada Unfair Trade Practices (antitrust) claims against Harrah’s casino based on their paid parking program in Stateline, Nevada. Developed antitrust expert strategy, deposed fact witness, and drafted briefing that kept all the claims in the case until it resolved favorably two weeks before trial.
- Global Tubing v. Tenaris Coiled Tubes. Part of team that, at summary judgment, won complete dismissal of a global pipeline supplier’s patent claims in S.D. Tex. for oilfield technology (quench-and-tempered coiled tubing), based on its inequitable conduct in the U.S. Patent Office.
- Forum Energy Technologies v. Jason. Part of plaintiff’s team representing an oilfield technology company in a federal trade secrets matter, resulting in settlement including injunctive relief. Drafted successful responses to multiple motions to dismiss.
- Southwestern Manufacturing v. Forum Energy Technologies. Part of defendant’s/counterclaim-plaintiff’s team in dispute over quality of manufactured goods in oil & gas industry. Case settled favorably on eve of trial.