E. John Steren
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
Court Admissions
- Court of Appeals of Maryland
- Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
- Supreme Court of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1989)
- The Tax Lawyer, Editor
- Law Fellow
- University of Maryland (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986)
- Provost Scholar
- Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society
- Golden Key Honor Society
E. John Steren
Experience
John co-chairs Ober|Kaler’s Litigation Group and focuses his practice on complex business litigation including antitrust, class actions, business torts, trade secrets, non-compete, and other civil litigation matters. John regularly appears as first chair on behalf of clients in federal and state courts, before arbitration panels and regulatory agencies.
John also works closely with the firm’s Antitrust and Competition and Health Law Groups representing a variety of healthcare entities and providers including hospitals and physicians in antitrust matters (counseling and litigation) including civil and government investigations and compliance with Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger notification requirements.
John speaks regularly and has authored articles on antitrust issues impacting the health care industry.
Representative Cases 
- Obtained U.S. District Court dismissal on filed rate doctrine grounds of nationwide class action alleging damages from purported improper reporting of end-product prices used by the United States Department of Agriculture to establish federal minimum prices payable to dairy farmers. Carlin, et al. v. DairyAmerica, Inc. et al., 690 F.Supp.2d 11 (E.D. Cal. 2010), appeal pending Case No. 10-16448 (9th Cir. Oral Argument August 31, 2011)
- Obtained summary judgment for the defendant in an antitrust action challenging the legality of a radiology exclusive contract. Imaging Center, Inc. v. Western Maryland Health System, Inc., 20052 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶ 75056, 2005 WL 3403627, (4th Cir. 2005)
- Obtained defense verdict on behalf of a hospital client accused of conspiring in violation of antitrust laws to prevent a competitor’s expansion efforts. Sisters of St. Francis, Inc. v. Morgan County, 397 F. Supp. 2d 1032 (S.D. Ind 2005)
Professional Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Section on Antitrust Law
- Section on Litigation
- American Health Lawyers Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Chapter author, “Antitrust Law,” published in Ober|Kaler's The Nonprofit Legal Landscape by BoardSource, 2004
- Author, 2000 and 2001 Supplements of Antitrust Sections for Healthcare Model Compliance Manual,” American Health Lawyers Association
- Contributing author, “New York Hospitals' Joint Conduct Violates Antitrust Laws,” Health Law Alert, 2000
- Moderator, Draft Antitrust Guidelines Seminar, District of Columbia Bar
- Association Antitrust Committee
- Contributing author, “Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Release Draft Joint Venture Guidelines for Comments,” Health Law Alert, 2000
- Contributing author, “DOJ Defines Unique Product Market in Effort to Block N.Y. Hospital Merger,” Health Law Alert, 1997
- Author, “The Emphasis is on Efficiencies,” Aspen's Health Care Law Bulletin, 1997
- Author, “More Antitrust Breaks for Lab Networks Formation,” Laboratory Industry Report, Washington G-2 Reports, 1997
- Author, “Antitrust Enforcers Clarify Policies for Health Care Providers,” Aspen’s Health Care Law Bulletin, 1997
- Co-author with Bruce R. Stewart, Esq., “Antitrust Issues for the Home Health Provider,” Home Health Care Law Manual, Chapter 9, Aspen Publishing Co., 1996
- Author, “Antitrust Implications of Alternative Delivery Systems,” Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 1996
- Co-author with Robert E. Mazer, Esq., “Hospital, Lab Networks Get Big Antitrust Break,” Laboratory Industry Report, Washington G-2 Reports, 1996
- Co-author with Bruce R. Stewart, Esq., “Will New Guidelines Clarify Role of Antitrust Law in Health Care?” Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, 1996
- Presenter, “Managed Care and Other Collaborative Arrangements for Dentists,” MICPEL seminar, 1996
- Co-author with Bruce R. Stewart, Esq., “Unitary Pricing for Drugs: Harmful to America’s Health,” Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, 1995
- Presenter, “Physician Mergers and Other Collaboration Arrangements,” MICPEL seminar, 1995
- Author, “Overview of the Revised Justice/FTC Enforcement Guidelines for the Health Care Industry: Part II,” Clinical Laboratory Management Association Management Briefs, 1994
- Author, “Overview of the Revised Justice/FTC Enforcement Guidelines for the Health Care Industry: Part I,” Clinical Laboratory Management Association Management Briefs, 1994
- Presenter, “Physician Mergers and Other Collaboration Arrangements,” MICPEL seminar, 1994
- The Tax Lawyer Supreme Court Note, “The Elimination of the Federal Income Tax Exemption for Interest Earned on Unregistered State and Local Bonds,” Tax Lawyer, 1989
