Landon Y. Jones
Associate
Landon Jones handles a variety of antitrust, white-collar defense and general commercial litigation matters. He has briefed and argued motions, taken depositions and briefed significant appeals in state and federal courts.
Prior to joining Buchanan, Landon served as a law clerk for the Honorable Walter K. Stapleton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. From 2004 to 2005, he worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Anita B. Brody of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Landon has recently:
Landon has recently:
- Obtained a complete trial victory for client Cook Composites and Polymers in a five-week federal jury trial stemming from a $405 million lawsuit filed by Viking Yacht Company and Post Marine.
- Defended a multinational chemical manufacturing company against direct and indirect purchaser and opt-out class action antitrust lawsuits filed in federal and state courts across the country, challenging activities with regard to three categories of products.
- Contributed to successful Rule 23(f) appeal resulting in the decertification of a class of Hydrogen Peroxide purchasers and the clarification of class certification standards in a landmark ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a Sherman Act §1 case.
- Defended a composites chemical manufacturing company in a $400 million alleged breach of warranty case.
- Assisted in representation of Korean business executive under criminal investigation for alleged international price fixing activities.
- Successfully challenged the constitutionality of the campaign contribution limit of the Pennsylvania Gaming Act in a case of first impression before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
- Assisted with representation of Thomas Jefferson University in connection with a potential challenge to its sale of Thomas Eakins's painting "The Gross Clinic."
- Represented a biotechnology company in successful mediation of breach of contract claims.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Publications & Speeches
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Victory for Cook Composites and Polymers Affirmed, July 6, 2010
- Buchanan Litigation Team's 2008 Hydrogen Peroxide Victory Named an Antitrust Case of the Decade by Law360, January 20, 2010
- Buchanan Litigation Team's Recent $405 Million Victory for CCP Noted in Media; Bizar Quoted on Case, August 11, 2009
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Litigation Team Hands Victory to Cook Composites and Polymers, July 27, 2009
- Buchanan Litigation Team's Recent Free Speech Victory Featured in The Legal Intelligencer Article, Noted in Media, May 8, 2009
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Litigation Team Wins Free Speech Victory for Client, May 5, 2009
- Philadelphia Litigation Attorneys Bizar, Manning and Jones Write Article on Third Circuit's Decision In re Hydrogen Peroxide for Law360, February 23, 2009
- Team's Class Certification Reversal Win Noted by Drug Week, February 17, 2009
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Team Led by Steven Bizar Wins Second Reversal of Class Certification in Antitrust Action, January 27, 2009
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Litigation Team's Recent Antitrust Victory Noted in Multiple Publications, January 7, 2009
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Litigation Team Wins Antitrust Victory for Client and Future Class Action Defendants, December 30, 2008
- Recent Trends in Antitrust Class Certification: The Rule 23(b)(3) Predominance Inquiry in Alleged Horizontal Price Fixing Conspiracies, 2008
- Rule Changes Alter E-Discovery Landscape, Philadelphia Bar Reporter,Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 4, 22, December 2006