Benjamin Pierce

Benjamin Pierce is a Manager in the Antitrust and Competition Practice. He specializes in the application of economic analyses to complex monopolization matters, blending quantitative analysis with deep research. He has extensive experience leading large case teams on data-intensive antitrust matters using big data tools, developing expert reports, and supporting experts and counsel through all stages of litigation, including discovery, depositions, trial, and settlement.

Benjamin has worked on high-profile antitrust matters in a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, media, and telecom, and aviation. Recently, on behalf of a major health insurer, Benjamin led the team supporting the expert in a “baseball-style” arbitration with a large hospital system regarding contractual rates for 2024–2028 hospital services, resulting in a favorable panel ruling in July 2025. In another healthcare matter, he led the team supporting the expert rebutting monopolization claims and damages tied to a hospital system’s vertical integration of physician groups; the case was resolved through settlement in 2025. In the technology sector, Benjamin supported the expert in Epic Games v. Google, Epic’s landmark antitrust litigation over Google’s app store practices. The jury returned a complete verdict in favor of Epic on all counts and claims.

BS, Economics and Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University (with University Honors)

SPOTLIGHT

Supported the expert in Epic Games v. Google, Epic’s antitrust litigation related to Google’s app store practices. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Epic on all counts and all claims. Read more.

• On behalf of a major health insurer, led the team supporting expert Slava Zayats’s testimony in a “baseball style” arbitration with a large hospital system regarding 2024–2028 contractual rates for hospital services. The panel ruled in favor of Bates White’s client in July 2025.
• On behalf of a hospital system, led the team supporting the expert in rebutting monopolization claims and associated damages related to the hospital system's vertical integration of physician groups. The parties settled in 2025.
• Supported the expert in Epic Games v. Google, Epic’s antitrust litigation related to Google’s app store practices. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Epic on all counts and all claims.
• Supported the expert on behalf of JetBlue Airways in United States et al. v. JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines, in which the Department of Justice sought to block JetBlue’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit.
• Supported the expert in the Mallinckrodt Chapter 11 bankruptcy on behalf of the debtors. The bankruptcy court accepted Mallinckrodt’s opioid and false claims settlements and its restructuring plan.
• In Determination of Rates and Terms for Making and Distributing Phonorecords (Phonorecords III), supported the expert on behalf of Spotify USA. The matter involved the setting of royalty payments for interactive streaming services under Section 115 of the Copyright Act.