Aurelia Chaudhury

Biography

As an Associate in the Antitrust Department, Ms. Chaudhury works primarily on pharmaceutical antitrust cases. Her work has contributed to successful challenges of anticompetitive practices by pharmaceutical manufacturers, including a recent $120 million settlement reached on behalf of the direct purchaser class three weeks before trial was scheduled to start in In re Loestrin 24 Fe Antitrust Litigation, related to claims that Allergan wrongfully delayed entry of lower-cost generic versions of Loestrin 24 Fe, a birth control pill. She was an integral part of the trial team in Loestrin, authoring pretrial motions related to market power and damages, and preparing examination and cross-examination outlines for fact and expert witnesses.

Ms. Chaudhury is also a member of the trial team in In re Intuniv Antitrust Litigation, a case regarding impaired generic entry of an ADHD medication, scheduled for trial the summer of 2020, where she contributed to class certification and summary judgment briefing on market power.  Ms. Chaudhury also contributed to the class certification briefing in In re Suboxone (Buprenorphine Hydrochloride and Naloxone) Antitrust Litigation, where the district court certified the direct purchaser class, and she is participating in the pending appeal of that certification.  She is currently working on several other pharmaceutical antitrust cases, including In re Novartis and Par (Exforge) Antitrust Litigation, In re Zetia (Ezetimibe) Antitrust Litigation, and JM Smith Corp. v. AstraZeneca Pharm. (Seroquel XR).

Prior to starting work at the Firm, Ms. Chaudhury clerked for the Honorable Judge David J. Barron on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Honorable Judge Denise J. Casper on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Ms. Chaudhury received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, a student director of the Mortgage Foreclosure Litigation Clinic, and a Coker Fellow. Ms. Chaudhury received a B.A. in Mathematical Economic Analysis from Rice University.

Ms. Chaudhury is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.