Bona Law’s Telecommunications and Platforms group advises companies, government entities, and trial teams on high-stakes antitrust and competition matters spanning telecommunications, digital platforms, and technology markets. Because our attorneys have sat on the enforcement side, the corporate side, and the trial side of these fights, we help GCs, CEOs, and business leaders understand not just how the law reads, but how litigation and regulatory developments in these markets are likely to actually play out — what they mean for the business, and what steps to take now.
Pat Pascarella: As the anchor of this group, Pat brings a rare vantage point — enforcer, corporate executive, and trial lawyer — with firsthand, in-the-room experience across all three. Pat is a former member of the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division’s Telecommunications Task Force, and served as Chief Antitrust Counsel at AT&T for over a decade. That experience, paired with his direct involvement in United States v. Microsoft and his role shaping foundational precedents like Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, leaves Pat uniquely positioned to advise clients navigating the next generation of these issues — including counseling on platform self-preferencing, distribution exclusivity, and antitrust exposure in AI product design.
Luis Blanquez: Luis is an international antitrust and competition law attorney with 15 years of experience at the European Commission’s DG Competition and major international law firms across the European Union. He was recently appointed Vice Chair of the Media and Technology Committee of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section for 2026–2027. He now applies his EU regulatory background to matters involving platform dominance, app store and marketplace conduct, algorithmic pricing, and the antitrust treatment of artificial intelligence — giving clients a transatlantic view of how these issues are being litigated and regulated on both sides of the ocean.
Luke Hasskamp: Luke has served as special outside counsel to the Office of the Louisiana Attorney General on several high-profile enforcement actions, giving him firsthand insight into how attorney general offices build and pursue these cases — insight few antitrust litigators outside government can offer. He pairs that with a strong appellate and trial practice in antitrust litigation, class actions, and complex commercial disputes before numerous federal circuits and state courts of appeal. Having clerked for a federal appellate judge and two federal district judges, Luke also brings an insider’s read on how judges actually weigh and decide the high-stakes antitrust questions now emerging in the platform and AI space — helping clients anticipate not just what the law says, but how a court is likely to rule.
Related publications — recent and upcoming:
- Apple, AI, and the Fight to Control Consumer Choice (4-part series, Part 1 July 2026)
- Apple May Control AI’s Most Important Bottleneck by Pat Pascarella (2026)
- Beyond the DOJ Complaint: Potential Exclusionary Conduct Theories in the Apple Ecosystem by Pat Pascarella & Luke Hasskamp (2026)
- How Phhhoto v. Meta Turned the Nascent Competitor Theory into a Weapon Against Big Tech by Luis Blanquez (2026)
- Antitrust Lawyers: AI’s Wartime Consiglieres by Pat Pascarella (2026)
- Germany’s Competition Authority Sanctions Amazon Over Its Control of Seller Pricing on its Marketplace by Luis Blanquez (2026)
Earlier work:
- The Apple Store is in the Crosshairs of US and EU Antitrust and Competition Enforcers by Luis Blanquez (2024)
- Epic Games Has Returned to the Apple Store. Will Apple Throw a Hail Mary? by Luis Blanquez (2024)