Amy T. Brantly
Work in Kesselman Brantly Stockinger LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Antitrust, Class Actions, Trademarks
1230 Rosecrans Ave., Ste. 400, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
About Amy T. Brantly
Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- Class Actions
- Trademarks
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 1999J.D.
- Honors: Member, Fordham Moot Court Board
- Law Journal: Fordham Environmental Law Journal, Member
- California State University of Fullerton, Fullerton, California, 1995B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Representative Cases
- Beckman Coulter, Inc. v. Quidel Corp., (San Diego Super. Ct.) – Ms. Brantly and Mr. Stockinger represent Defendant Quidel Corp. in this antitrust case brought under California’s Cartwright Act and Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Section 16600. Beckman alleged that a provision placing restrictions on sales of testing products related to the diagnosis of congestive heart failure in a contract between Beckman and Quidel is an illegal non-compete and unreasonably restrains trade. After the trial court granted summary judgment on Beckman’s Section 16600 claim, the Court of Appeals reversed and the California Supreme Court granted certiorari. The California Supreme Court ultimately transferred the case back to the lower courts after ruling in Ixchel Pharma LLC v. Biogen, Inc., 9 Cal. 5th 1130 (2020), that a non-compete clause between businesses is subject to a rule of reason analysis.
- Curtin Maritime Corp. v. Santa Catalina Island Co., (C.D. Cal.) – David Kesselman and Amy Brantly represent Plaintiff Curtin Maritime in this antitrust case brought under Section 2 of the Sherman Act for conspiracy to monopolize the shipping of freight from the California mainland to Avalon.
- Renaissance Ventures, LLC et al. v. Los Angeles Dodgers LLC, et al., Case No. BC69090721 (L.A. Super. Ct.) — KBS represents ticket brokers that were excluded from the market to resell Dodgers tickets after Dodgers entered an exclusive dealing arrangement with the plaintiffs’ competitor, Eventellect. The case alleges Cartwright Act violations for anticompetitive exclusive dealing, as well as resale price maintenance. It also includes an Unfair Competition Law claim, tortious interference with contract claims, and breach of contract claims, among others. The case is in fact discovery.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. v. Random Tuesday, Inc., et al. (C.D. Cal.) – KBS represents Random Tuesday in this trademark and copyright infringement case brought by Warner Bros. alleging our non-profit client infringed Warner Bros. intellectual property rights with respect to the Harry Potter and Gilmore Girls entertainment franchises.
- Dane S. Field, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of Aloha Sports Inc. v. The National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n (Haw. Circuit Court) – KBS represents Aloha Sports in this case brought under Hawaii’s state antitrust statute arguing that the NCAA unfairly decertified the Seattle Bowl in order to disrupt a sale of Aloha Sports. Ms. Brantly successfully argued to the Hawaii Supreme Court that summary judgment should not have been granted on Aloha Sport’s Hawaiian state law antitrust claim against the NCAA. The opinion clarified the proof necessary for a plaintiff to succeed on an antitrust claim under Hawaii law. In a unanimous, 39-page, published opinion, the Supreme Court held that the lower courts erroneously required Aloha Sports to prove that the NCAA – while engaging in an unfair method of competition resulting in injury to Aloha Sports – actually harmed competition. The Hawaii Supreme Court also reaffirmed that a plaintiff may generally describe the relevant market without resort to expert testimony. A copy of the opinion can be found at http://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SCWC-15-0000663.pdf. The Supreme Court remanded the case to the circuit court for trial.
- Guillermo Mata v. Fletcher Jones of Chicago, Ltd., et al. (N.D. Ill.) – Amy Brantly and David Kesselman represented Defendant Kaarya, LLC d/b/a myKaarma in this putative class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The case settled after myKaarma filed its motion to dismiss and before significant discovery commenced.
- Epps v. Earth Fare, Inc. (9th Cir.) – Amy Brantly and David Kesselman represented Defendant Earth fare in TCPA litigation brought in federal court in the Central District of California. KBS won on a motion to dismiss the case with prejudice and represented Earth Fare in plaintiff’s appeal to the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal holding that plaintiff did not reasonably revoke consent to receive text messages from Earth Fare.
- DotConnectAfrica Trust v. ICANN and ZA Central Registry (C.D. Cal.), Ms. Brantly and Mr. Kesselman represent defendant ZA Central Registry in this case involving the award of the generic top-level domain name, .Africa. and claims of various business torts filed by a competitor that failed to prevail in the bidding process with ICANN.
- Market Lofts Community Assn. v. 9th Street Market Lofts, LLC (Cal. Superior Court, County of Los Angeles), Ms. Brantly, Mr. Stockinger and Mr. Dakak represented a homeowner's association against developers of a condominium complex and parking structure seeking declaratory relief and damages for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud, among other things.
- In re Containerboard Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Ill.), Horizontal price-fixing case in which Ms. Brantly and Mr. Stockinger represent Plaintiff class of direct purchasers of containerboard products. KBS’s efforts have contributed to settlements from five defendants for an amount exceeding $367 million.
- American Institute of Intradermal Cosmetics v. Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals (C.D. Cal.), Ms. Brantly, Mr. Kesselman and Mr. Stockinger represented a manufacturer and distributor of permanent cosmetic products in an alleged group boycott action against direct competitors and their trade association.
- Tessera Technologies, Inc. v. Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. (Cal. Superior Court, County of San Francisco), Ms. Brantly represented Tessera in an antitrust action against Hynix alleging a conspiracy to boycott in the DRAM market under California's Cartwright Act.
- International Oncology Network Solutions v. Eagle (District Court, Collin County Texas), Ms. Brantly defended Raintree Oncology, an emerging health care company, against a division of Amerisource Bergen in a misappropriation of trade secrets case.
- Masimo Corp. v. Tyco Healthcare Group (C.D. Cal.), Ms. Brantly and Mr. Kesselman represented Masimo against Tyco in an antitrust case involving challenges to exclusionary contracting practices, including exclusive dealing with OEMs, exclusionary loyalty discounts and sole-source contracts.
- White v. NCAA (C.D. Cal.), Ms. Brantly and Mr. Kesselman represented college athletes in an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA involving restrictions on athletic-based financial aid.
- In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litig. (MDL 1663 D.N.J.), Ms. Brantly defended Lloyd's of London Syndicates in an antitrust action alleging a conspiracy involving undisclosed contingent commissions and bid-rigging.
- In re Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litig. (MDL 2151 C.D. Cal.), Ms. Brantly represented class members in multi-district litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. based on claims under California's False Advertising Law, Consumer Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competition law.
Classes and Seminars
- Panelist, “Celebrating Women In Competition Law,” California Lawyers Association Antitrust, UCL and Privacy Section 2020
- Moderator, “#MeToo – Revealing and Reshaping the Legal Field,” Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles 2018
- Featured Speaker, RISE Three Year Anniversary Celebration 2017
- Moderator, Navigating the Path Towards Your Dream Law Job, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles 2016
- Moderator, Navigating the Path Towards Partnership, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles 2015
- Panelist, Class Action Waivers and Class Arbitrations, Bridgeport Continuing Education 2012
- Panelist, Taking and Defending Depositions, Pincus Professional Education 2012
- Moderator, WLALA Litgators Forum, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles 2012
- Panelist, Women Leaders Forum, California State University Northridge 2010
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 2000
- New York, 2000
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- State Bar of California (Member)
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Board of Governors
- Chancery Club, Member
Past Positions
- Susman Godfrey LLP, Associate, Of Counsel, 2000 - 2013
Fees
- Offers Free Initial Consultation
Office Info
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- Antitrust, Business Law, Intellectual Property
- 20 years of experienceAntitrust, Trusts, Employment, Contracts, Business Law, Copyrights
- Antitrust, Business Law, Intellectual Property, Class Actions
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