BLAINE FINLEY joined Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca’s Washington, D.C. office in 2016. Mr Finley’s practice focuses on plaintiff-side antitrust class action litigation. Mr. Finley has been extremely active in prosecuting a variety of actions alleging price-fixing and related horizontal conduct in markets for food products, and he leads CGL’s efforts in all of all of the firm’s animal protein antitrust class action lawsuits, including as court-appointed co-lead and settlement counsel. Mr. Finley’s experience includes appearances in numerous federal court hearings and substantial deposition practice, including taking and defending expert witness depositions. His work at the firm includes the following representations:

• In re Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2670, in which CGL has been appointed lead counsel on behalf of a class of commercial food preparers in a lawsuit alleging the existence of a price-fixing conspiracy to artificially inflate prices for packaged tuna products. The Court has issued an order granting class certification, which was recently affirmed en banc by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals;
• In re Pork Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 18-01776, in which Mr. Finley is putative co-lead counsel, as per a pending motion for class certification filed on behalf of commercial and institutional indirect purchasers in a lawsuit alleging the existence of a price-fixing conspiracy to artificially inflate prices for pork products;
• In re Turkey Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 20-02295, in which Mr. Finley has been appointed co- settlement counsel to represent a putative class of commercial and institutional indirect purchasers in a lawsuit alleging the existence of an information sharing antitrust conspiracy to artificially inflate prices for turkey;
• In re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 20-cv-01414, in which Mr. Finley has been appointed interim co-lead counsel on behalf of a putative class of commercial and institutional indirect purchasers in a lawsuit alleging the existence of a price-fixing conspiracy the markets for cattle and beef products; and
• In re Farm-Raised Salmon and Salmon Products Litigation, Case Nos. 20-21463, 20-21509, in which CGL assisted in representing a putative class of indirect purchasers in a lawsuit alleging the existence of a price-fixing conspiracy in the market for farm-raised salmon.

  Prior to joining CGL, Mr. Finley’s practice focused on plaintiff-side securities class action and shareholder litigation at another firm.