San Francisco-based founding partner Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. was named a Top Antitrust Lawyer in the Daily Journal’s inaugural list of Top Antitrust Lawyers in California for 2020. The list, compiled from hundreds of nominations submitted statewide, honors leading antitrust practitioners for their work in plaintiffs, defense, and government antitrust work.
Joe Tabacco has long been recognized by clients and lawyers on both sides of the bench as a leading plaintiffs antitrust and securities class action attorney. He has recovered billions of dollars on behalf of investors, business, and consumers and the classes that they represent prosecuting and, in some instances, trying antitrust and securities cases.
The Daily Journal highlighted two of Joe’s cases—one is one of the newest antitrust class action cases that he filed, and the other is one of the oldest that is still active. The new case—Bogard Construction Inc. v. Vitol Inc., et al. No. 3:20-cv-03267-JSC (N.D. Cal.)—alleges an unlawful scheme by gasoline trading companies in Houston and Hong Kong in which traders are alleged to have manipulated the spot market for gasoline, leading California consumers to pay billions of dollars more at the pump for gasoline absent such conduct. The other case—Automobile Antitrust Cases I and II, JCCP Nos. 4298 and 4303 (Cal. Super. Ct. San Francisco Cty.)—is a long-standing antitrust class action against automobile manufacturers alleging that they unlawfully conspired to stop the export of cheaper new Canadian vehicles to the United States. It could be set for trial as early as the end of this year.