Cleary Gottlieb Team Named Litigator of the Week Finalists for Representing Tempur Sealy

Cleary Gottlieb partners Ryan Shores and Heather Nyong’o led a team that was selected as “Litigator of the Week” finalists by The American Lawyer’s Litigation Daily.

The team was recognized for representing Tempur Sealy International Inc. (Tempur Sealy) at trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in defeating the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction against Tempur Sealy’s $5 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm Group (Mattress Firm). Contrary to the FTC’s allegations that “millions of Americans would likely face higher prices, lower quality, and fewer choices,” the court found that the acquisition is “either neutral or procompetitive” and “in the public interest.”

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