Harrison McAvoy

Partner

An exceptionally resourceful litigator, Harrison McAvoy is passionate about helping his clients solve complex problems and achieve meaningful results. With more than a decade of experience advising clients regarding their most significant antitrust and commercial litigation, Harrison has broad experience prosecuting and defending antitrust and other complex claims across a variety of industries, including financial services, technology, air travel, automotive and pharmaceuticals.

Harrison has delivered winning results for clients in noteworthy matters of public significance. He has represented both consumers and Fortune 500 companies in the pursuit of relief from antitrust violations and has helped clients obtain both substantial monetary recoveries and structural relief to stop future violations. On the defense side, he has helped clients effectively resolve complex, high-stakes claims and secure favorable outcomes. Harrison has litigated claims involving, among other things, monopolization, price fixing, group boycotts and bundled discounts, and he has substantial experience working with economists and experts.

Shortly after law school, Harrison served as a law clerk for Judge Michael A. Shipp in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Harrison also interned in the New Jersey Supreme Court and for the New York state attorney general’s Antitrust Bureau.

Harrison has successfully litigated cases under federal disabilities law concerning the provision of housing and services to people with serious mental illness, and he has represented clients pro bono, including asylum candidates in immigration court and veterans seeking benefits from the government.

Before joining Shinder Cantor Lerner, Harrison was a partner at Constantine Cannon.

Selected Results

In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation. Harrison represents a coalition of some of the largest merchants, including Amazon, Starbucks, 7-Eleven, and the Gap, in antitrust litigation challenging Visa’s and Mastercard’s rules that fix interchange fees and restrict competition among card-issuing banks.

LKQ Corp. v. Overall Parts Solutions. In this breach of contract action concerning the defendant’s improper sharing of confidential data, Harrison represented LKQ and led a team of lawyers to successfully obtain key data discovery and prosecute LKQ’s claims.

Wolfire Games, LLC v. Valve Corp. As counsel to Wolfire and a proposed class of game sellers concerning monopolization and tying in the distribution of PC games through the defendant’s online game store, Steam, Harrison helped craft claims and successfully defend them against a motion to dismiss.

In re Generic Drug Pricing Antitrust Litigation. As counsel to CVS, Harrison has assisted in the prosecution of claims concerning price fixing and market allocation against generic drug companies across a wide range of pharmaceutical products.

TraceLink v. Healthcare Distribution Alliance. In a case involving a group boycott by major drug distributors through the HDA, a trade association, Harrison was part of a team that secured a quick settlement of claims on behalf of TraceLink.

In re Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation. As lead counsel for All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA), Harrison helped secure a favorable settlement in advance of trial in a case involving alleged claims of price fixing concerning passenger fares.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

New Jersey

New York

District of New Jersey

Eastern District of New York

Southern District of New York

Education

Rutgers Law School, J.D., cum laude (2013)

Lehigh University, B.S. — finance (2008)

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