Kalpish K. Mehta is a staff attorney at Cohen Milstein and a member of the Antitrust practice. He assists in discovery and evidentiary-related aspects of litigation and deposition preparation.
Mr. Mehta has extensive discovery experience in antitrust class action litigation, including Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission investigations.
Mr. Mehta’s case work includes:
- Sutter Health Antitrust Litigation (Sup. Crt., San Fran. Cnty., Cal.): On August 27, 2021, the Court granted final approval of a $575 million eve-of-trial settlement, which includes significant injunctive relief, in this closely-watched antitrust class action against Sutter Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in California, for restraining hospital competition through anticompetitive contracting practices with insurance companies. Cohen Milstein was one of five firms that litigated this case since 2014 on behalf of a certified class of self-insured employers and union trust funds. California’s Attorney General joined the suit in March 2018.
- Stock Lending Litigation (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein and co-counsel filed a putative class action on August 17, 2017 in the Southern District of New York on behalf of Iowa Public Employees Retirement System and other investors, alleging collusion among six of the world’s largest investment banks to prevent modernization of the $1.7 trillion stock loan market. Plaintiffs allege that Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and UBS conspired to overcharge investors and maintain the power they hold over the stock loan market, obstructing multiple efforts to create competitive electronic exchanges and enhance price transparency that would benefit both stock lenders and borrowers.
Mr. Mehta served in the United States Army. Prior to military service, he worked in variety of private practice settings. Mr. Mehta’s litigation experience includes medical malpractice and criminal defense.
Mr. Mehta attended Santa Clara University, graduating cum laude with a B.S. in Accounting. He earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.
- Mr. Mehta served in the US Army for six years as an Infantry/Signal Officer, starting as a Paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Fort Bragg, NC and finishing his final year as a Signal Officer with Eighth Army stationed in South Korea.