Aaron M. Sheanin Partner Robins Kaplan LLP 2006 Kala Bagai Way Suite 22 Berkeley, CA 94704-1235 650.784.4026 650.784.4041 [email protected]

FOCUS OF PRACTICE Antitrust and Trade Regulation Class Action Litigation

EXPERIENCE Aaron M. Sheanin has represented businesses, consumers, and individual and institutional investors in complex litigation in federal and state court throughout his career. He has extensive experience as an antitrust litigator, taking a leadership role in every aspect of several well-known cartel cases from inception through trial. Mr. Sheanin serves as court-appointed Interim Co-Lead Counsel on behalf of End-User Plaintiffs in In re Hard Disk Drive Suspension Assemblies Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.). Notably, Mr. Sheanin successfully tried an antitrust class action on behalf of direct purchasers of thin film transistor liquid crystal displays, which reached a favorable multi-million dollar verdict before trebling. In addition, Mr. Sheanin represented a class of student- athletes challenging the NCAA’s rules on capping scholarship compensation packages, as well as classes of direct purchasers who received multi-million dollar settlements from several major electronics companies over litigation alleging conspiracies to fix prices of lithium-ion batteries, optical disk drives, and cathode ray tubes. He has also represented clients in securities fraud, corporate governance, telecommunications, employment discrimination, defective product, and corporate restructuring and bankruptcy matters.

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EXPERIENCE (Cont.) income, working families for more than 100 years. Legal Aid at Work delivers on the promise of justice for low-income people by providing free direct services on helplines and in clinics; by advocating for legal and policy change; by providing free information and training on employment rights; and by litigating individual, impact, and class actions.

Prior to joining Robins Kaplan, Mr. Sheanin gained extensive experience prosecuting class actions and other complex cases as counsel to a -based class action firm. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Sheanin was a pro se law clerk for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

SELECTED CASES* Mr. Sheanin served as co-lead counsel in In re Wells Fargo Collateral Protection Insurance Litigation (C.D. Cal.), a class action on behalf of more than 2 million automobile loan borrowers on whose accounts Wells Fargo and National General Insurance Corporation force-placed automobile insurance regardless of whether they maintained sufficient independent insurance. Plaintiffs alleged that Wells Fargo billed borrowers for charges that they did not actually owe, and often did not detect, with lasting damage to their finances and creditworthiness. Mr. Sheanin was responsible for litigation, discovery, and settlement strategy. Defendants settled for more than $432 million.

In In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.), Mr. Sheanin represented direct purchaser plaintiffs in a class action alleging that the world’s leading electronics components manufacturers fixed prices of lithium-ion batteries. Mr. Sheanin headed a team of dozens of attorneys in all substantive and strategic aspects of this complex international cartel case. He was responsible for drafting and editing consolidated amended complaints, oppositions to motions to dismiss, motions to compel discovery, and the motion for class certification. Mr. Sheanin oversaw document review involving extensive foreign language productions, and AARON M. SHEANIN, continued

SELECTED CASES* successfully argued substantive motions and (Cont.) discovery motions. (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)

Mr. Sheanin represented a class of student athletes who challenged the NCAA’s rules prohibiting colleges and universities from offering athletic scholarships that provided the full cost of attendance. The NCAA and member conferences settled damages claims for more than $200 million in In re NCAA Grant-In-Aid Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.), while injunctive relief claims remain pending. Mr. Sheanin was responsible for briefing substantive motions, taking discovery of critical fact witnesses, and other discovery matters. (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)

In In re Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation (S.D.N.Y.), Mr. Sheanin represented the County Employee Retirement Association in a class action on behalf of all purchasers and sellers of credit default swaps (CDS), alleging that thirteen of the world’s largest banks conspired to restrain the efficient trading of CDS, thereby inflating trading costs. Mr. Sheanin was involved in all aspects of litigation, discovery, and expert analysis. The case settled for $1.86 billion, one of the largest antitrust settlements in history. (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)

Mr. Sheanin represented direct purchaser plaintiffs in In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.), a class action involving international cartel that fixed prices of thin film transistor liquid crystal displays. As a trial attorney in the case against the sole remaining defendant, Toshiba Corporation, he examined witnesses, presented evidence, and argued motions before the court. Direct purchaser plaintiffs obtained a jury verdict of $87 million before trebling. Mr. Sheanin’s extensive trial preparation included taking numerous first-chair depositions of fact and expert witnesses, reviewing thousands of exhibits, working with economic and industry experts, and successfully opposing summary

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SELECTED CASES* judgment motions and motions in limine. (Cont.) (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)

* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and does not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

BAR ADMISSIONS California New York New Jersey

PROFESSIONAL California State Bar Antitrust, UCL and Privacy ASSOCIATIONS Section; Executive Committee (2013-2016, 2020-present), Advisor (2016-present)

Antitrust Section of the San Francisco Bar Association, Executive Committee (2014- 2015)

American Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS “California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law” (Treatise), contributing editor (2014- 2019)

“California Lawyers Association Antitrust, UCL & Privacy Law Section E-Brief,” Articles Author

“Appellate Courts Grapple with the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act,” with Craig C. Corbitt, Competition: The Journal of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the State Bar of California, Vol. 23 (Fall 2014)

“The Ownership/Control Exception to Illinois Brick in Hi-Tech Component Cases: A Rule That Recognizes the Realities of Corporate Price Fixing,” with Bruce L. Simon, ABA International Cartel Workshop (February 2014)

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PUBLICATIONS (Cont.) “The Questionable Use of Rule 11 Motions to Limit Discovery and Eliminate Allegations in Civil Antitrust Complaints in the United States,” with Bruce L. Simon, ABA International Cartel Workshop (February 2012)

"California Class Actions Practice and Procedure," contributing author, American Bar Association, Task Force on Contingent Fees (Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section) (Matthew Bender, 1st Ed. 2003)

SPEAKING “Class Actions in California State,” Legal Aid ENGAGEMENTS/ at Work, San Francisco, CA (July 13, 2020) LECTURES “All Eyes on Antitrust,” Antitrust Litigation Forum, Charleston, South Carolina (October 28, 2019)

“Ongoing Changes to Ascertainability and Administrative Feasibility,” 20th Annual Class Action Litigation and Management Conference, Los Angeles, California (May 3, 2019)

“MDL Strategy,” Antitrust Litigation Forum, Carefree, Arizona (October 22, 2018)

“Antitrust Class Actions - Challenges and Opportunities After Supreme Court Rulings,” GCR (June 2016).

“Technology & Antitrust,” Panel Moderator, Antitrust Litigation Forum (November 2015)

“The Future of Antirust,” Berkley Law School and the ABA Antitrust Section (October 30, 2015)

“Discovery: A View from the Trenches in Today’s Complex Antitrust Cases,” San Francisco Bar Association (November 2012)

“Task Force on Contingent Fees,” American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section

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RECOGNITION** Chambers USA: Antitrust California: Band 2 (2021)

The Daily Journal: Top Antitrust Lawyer (2020)

Super Lawyers: California Super Lawyer (2014- 2020)

Consumer Attorneys of California: Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalist (2012)

**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

EDUCATION Columbia University School of Law, J.D. (1999), James M. Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Honors Moot Court Competition, Director (1998- 1999); Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems (1997-1999)

University of California at Berkeley, A.B. in History (1993), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta National History Honors Society