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Neil C. Schur is a shareholder in Anderson Kill’s Philadelphia office.  He is a leading commercial litigator in state and federal courts and a frequent speaker and writer on various litigation topics.  He also serves as the co-chair of Anderson Kill’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Group. 

Neil has litigated cases at the trial court and appellate levels in several states.  He represents clients in matters involving contracts, fraud, antitrust and unfair competition, the Sherman Act, the Robinson-Patman Act, the Lanham Act, and the False Claims Act.  He has substantial experience in antitrust and unfair competition matters, franchise litigation and environmental litigation. Neil also has considerable experience counseling clients regarding a variety of antitrust compliance issues, such as appropriate pricing policies.  This includes minimum advertised price (MAP) policies, resale price maintenance (RPM) policies, and Colgate policies, as well as evaluating antitrust risk of contemplated business transactions. 

Among his successful prior representations, Neil recently represented a Netflix reality television star in a complex business divorce dispute regarding financial matters and a stock transfer.  He also represented a high-level official of the City of New York facing criminal charges, including bribery.  In another case, he obtained a unanimous verdict in favor of two clients on all counts brought against them, following a nine-day jury trial in Essex County, New Jersey (Fioravanti v. Ettere).  Finally, as part of a multi-firm team, he successfully represented a student loan provider accused of improper billing to the U.S. Department of Education.  (U.S. ex rel. Oberg v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency).

Neil has recently spoken or written on non-compete clauses, force majeure clauses, non-disclosure agreements, confidentiality, trade secrets, mechanic’s liens, and the FTC chair’s efforts to rein in Big Tech via federal antitrust law.

 Neil is a member of Anderson Kill’s Financial Services and Construction Industry Groups.  He has substantial experience representing the financial services industry, having represented several banks and a lender in various matters, including lender liability, derivative actions and class actions.  He also has experience litigating a construction dispute related to a subcontractor’s construction of a "curtainwall” for a project in Princeton, New Jersey, and has co-written articles on mechanic’s liens from the perspectives of both a contractor and a property owner. 

As the son of a small business owner in the manufacturing of boxed chocolates, Neil understands and appreciates the realities of manufacturing, distributor issues and competition.  He loves the excitement of making products and creating new ones.  He has represented and advised manufacturers of flooring and industrial batteries, as well as baby products, such as car seats and strollers. 

Before becoming a lawyer, Neil worked as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Associated Press, and as a teacher for the Houston Independent School District, as part of Teach for America.