Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP Adds Slade Bond, Former TOP Antitrust Staffer and Senior DOJ Official, To Lead Its Public Policy and Legislative Affairs Practice

WASHINGTON, DC — Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP has welcomed Slade Bond to lead the firm’s expanded public policy practice as Chair of Public Policy and Legislative Affairs. A former senior official at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Capitol Hill veteran, he has spent more than a decade serving at the highest levels of government.  Slade managed legislative strategy on high-stakes policy for the DOJ, where he served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, and broke new ground on competition policy as Chief Counsel of the Antitrust Subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives.

At the firm, he will leverage his experience at the highest levels of the Executive and Legislative Branches of the U.S. Government to counsel clients on a range of matters, including competition, consumer protection, and access to justice.

“Slade Bond is known for his effectiveness and ability to work across the aisle. His robust experience and deep understanding of Congress and the Executive Branch will make him invaluable to our clients and policy work,” said Charles J. LaDuca, Firm Chairman, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP.

Pamela Gilbert, a named partner in Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP, added: “Over the course of his career, Slade Bond has fought relentlessly to safeguard economic freedom, access to justice, and protect consumers. He will continue this critical work by strengthening the firm’s unique ability to provide counsel on high-stakes matters before Congress and the Executive Branch as the Chair of the firm’s newly formed Public Policy and Legislative Affairs practice.”

“I am absolutely thrilled to join Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca. Since its founding by Jonathan Cuneo—a personal hero of mine and predecessor on the House Antitrust Subcommittee who stood up to powerful corporations throughout his career—CGL has built a strong reputation for its excellence and values,” Slade Bond said. “I look forward to working with my outstanding colleagues to help advance the policy, litigation, and regulatory priorities of the firm’s clients.

In recognition of Slade’s service to the House of Representatives, former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) applauded “his tireless work ethic, acute attention to detail, impeccable work product, and enthusiasm for the mission of the Committee to ensure economic justice for American consumers, workers, and small businesses.” They also recognized his “well-earned reputation for his excellent work with Members and staff from both parties, in both the House and the Senate, to shepherd important bills into law.” Representative Ken Buck (R-CO), the former Ranking Member of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, likewise recognized his “tireless work on behalf of the American people” alongside his Republican colleagues.

Partner Amanda Lewis Files Amicus Brief in FuboTV’s Antitrust Case Against Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros

Earlier this week, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca Partner Amanda Lewis filed an amicus brief on behalf of a coalition of consumer advocacy and public interest groups including Sports Fans Coalition, the American Antitrust Institute, American Economic Liberties Project, the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, National Consumers League, and Open Markets Institute in support of FuboTV’s antitrust case against Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Fubo’s case challenges the Defendants’ proposed new live sports streaming joint venture, Venu Sports, arguing that it would create a de facto monopoly. The brief argues that upholding the lower court’s preliminary injunction order blocking the joint venture, “is the only way to ensure consumer access to new products and services that sports fans want without subjecting them to a monopolist’s unchecked power over pricing and terms.”

FuboTV secured a preliminary injunction in August to block the joint venture, but the Defendants appealed the decision. The appeal is now pending in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.