Paul Moore is a Partner at Bona Law. His experience includes antitrust enforcement at both the state and federal prosecutor level.
Paul most recently was a senior Deputy Attorney General in the California Attorney General’s Office where he advised management about antitrust policy, investigated corporate conduct and proposed transactions in a wide range of industries, and litigated—including merger challenges—on behalf of the People and State of California.
Prior to that, Paul served with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.
Paul’s litigation experience includes some of the California Attorney General’s most high-profile matters—from challenging major technology firms in merger litigation, enforcing California labor laws, to prosecuting complex market manipulation.
He was lead counsel in State of California v. Vitol, Inc. et al.—a lawsuit challenging gasoline trader’s conduct in the bulk sale of gasoline. Paul has handled complex antitrust matters across numerous industries including internet communications, waste, two sided-platforms, technology, labor laws, construction, and oil and gas.
Paul was the lead attorney in State of California v. Valero Energy Partners, et al., the government’s successful federal court challenge of Valero’s proposed merger with Plains All American Pipeline. Paul also litigated State of California v. eBay, Inc., State of California v. Samsung SDI, Co., Ltd.; Federal Trade Commission et al, v DraftKings et al.; and State of California v. Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. Paul also regularly served as California’s liaison to other states’ attorneys general, state agencies, as well as federal enforcement agencies during litigations and investigations.
While at US DOJ he was involved in the investigation of the GE/Honeywell transaction and was on the United States v. Franklin Electric litigation team. He also investigated corporate conduct and over one hundred proposed merger transactions in a wide range of industries.