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Stephen J. Teti

Partner

Boston
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617-456-7701

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sjteti@locklaw.com

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Steve Teti is a Partner in LGN’s Boston office, and practices in the Firm’s Antitrust, E-Discovery, and Generative AI groups. Steve has significant experience spearheading massive discovery efforts in complex antitrust and other civil litigation matters, leading complex e-discovery matters, taking and defending expert and fact depositions, and briefing and arguing dispositive and other motions.

Steve is the Treasurer of the Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum, which is a forum for plaintiffs-side complex litigation attorneys to discuss best practices for e-discovery. Steve is also a member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section and The Sedona Conference.

Steve graduated magna cum laude from the Quinnipiac University School of Law, where he served as Publications Editor of the Quinnipiac Law Review. After law school, Steve clerked for the judges of the Connecticut Superior Court, and then practiced antitrust, securities, and consumer class litigation at two nationally-recognized plaintiffs’ law firms in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Steve lives in Massachusetts with his wife, daughter, son, and puppy.

PRACTICE AREAS

Antitrust Law

E-Discovery

Generative AI Litigation

EDUCATION

Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2010, magna cum laude
Fairfield University, 2007, cum laude

BAR ADMISSIONS

2017, Massachusetts
2010, Connecticut

COURT ADMISSIONS

Connecticut
Massachusetts
District of Connecticut
District of Massachusetts
Southern District of New York
Western District of New York
District of Colorado
Northern District of Illinois
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Eastern District of Michigan

SUPPORT STAFF

Amber M. Raak

Ruth Hope

cases

Representative Cases

  • Jien v. Perdue Farms, Inc., et al., No. 19-cv-2521 (D. Md.) (Poultry Wages Antitrust Litigation)(approximately $400 million in settlements);
  • Brown v. JBS USA Food Co., et al., No. 22-cv-2946 (D. Colo.) (Red Meat Wages Antitrust Litigation)(approximately $200 million in settlements to date);
  • Othart Dairy Farms, LLC v. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., No. 22-cv-251 (D.N.M.) (Southwest Dairy Farmer Antitrust Litigation)(led litigation for plaintiffs and the class; $34.4 million in settlements);
  • In re: Google Generative AI Copyright Litig., No. 5:23-cv-03440 (N.D. Cal.)
  • In re: HVAC Equipment Antitrust Litig., No. 2:26-cv-10949 (E.D. Mich.) (co-lead counsel for indirect end user plaintiff class)
  • In re: Construction Equipment Rental Antitrust Litigation, No. 1:25-cv-10276 (N.D. Ill.) (serve on plaintiffs’ steering committee)
  • In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litig., No. 16-cv-08637 (N.D. Ill.)(part of team that achieved $284 million in settlements);
  • Sabol v. PayPal Holdings, Inc., No. 23-cv-5100 (N.D. Cal.);
  • In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litig., No. 18-cv-06785 (N.D. Ill.);
  • In re Thalomid & Revlimid Antitrust Litig., No. 14-cv-6997 (D.N.J.) ($34 million settlement on behalf of end payor class);
  • City of Birmingham Ret. & Relief Sys. v. MetLife, Inc., No. CV-2012-902101 (Ala. Cir. Ct.) ($9.75 million settlement);
  • Rosenberg v. Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., No. 2014 CV 818140 (Ohio Ct. Com. Pleas ($10 million settlement);
  • Niitsoo v. Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., No. AD-303-2014 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pleas) ($3.6 million settlement);
  • In re Home Depot Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litig., No. 14-md-02583 (N.D. Ga.) ($27.25 million settlement; served on Plaintiffs’ Coordination & Discovery Committee);
  • In re Target Corp. Customer Data Security Breach Litig., No. 14-md-02522 (D. Minn.) ($59 million settlement);
  • WinSouth Credit Union v. Mapco Express, Inc., No. 14-cv-01573 (M.D. Tenn.) (largest dollar-per-card settlement obtained on behalf of financial institutions involving data breach of credit and debit card information);
  • Friedman v. Maspeth Fed. Loan & Savings Ass’n, 30 F. Supp. 3d 183 (E.D.N.Y. 2014) (Weinstein, J.) (in case raising “issues of first impression on the reach of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act,” Steve defeated a motion to dismiss and later obtained a settlement that reimbursed consumers for 100% of their losses in the case which involved wrongful imposition of late charges on timely-received mortgage payments)
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Presentations

Steve regularly speaks on topics related to e-discovery, including:

  • “Antitrust in the Age of Data: How Economists and Lawyers Use Analytics to Prove Market Power,” Speaker, Philadelphia, PA (June 2026)
  • “Beyond Document Review: Innovative AI Applications in Legal Practice,” Speaker, ASU-Arfkeld Conference, Phoenix, AZ (March 2026)

Publications

  • “Brick-by-Brick: The Case for Foundational Discovery,” 68 Federal Lawyer 1, at 34 (Jan./Feb. 2021)
ASSOCIATIONS & COMMUNITY

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
  • Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum, Treasurer
  • The Sedona Conference