Overview
With recent changes in case law requiring district courts to make deeper inquiries at the class certification stage, a systematic treatment of the economics of class certification takes on greater importance. We employ relevant economic theories and quantitative techniques to examine testable implications of class-wide common impact and suitability of class-wide treatment. Our professionals have testified on behalf of joint defense groups opposing class certification and have critically assessed economic interpretations of common impact made by opposing economic experts.
Selected Work
- On behalf of federal plaintiffs submitted a class certification report in the California Gasoline Spot Market Antitrust Litigation. The case involves allegations that defendants conspired to manipulate spot price indices for gasoline in the Los Angeles spot market.
- Submitted reports in Canadian class action litigation on behalf of plaintiffs who allege that Amazon and third-party sellers agreed on a most favored nation provision prohibiting third-party sellers from offering their products on platforms other than Amazon at lower prices than those charged on Amazon.
- Retained to work in the LIBOR-based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation on behalf of a class of over-the-counter plaintiffs—the OTC class—that filed a class action lawsuit against the global banks that set US Dollar LIBOR.
- Submitted written and deposition testimony in In re Delta/AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation in connection with an alleged conspiracy to reduce capacity in Atlanta and introduce a first-bag fee.
- Provided expert report and deposition testimony in an analysis of class certification issues in In re Ready-Mixed Concrete Antitrust Litigation.
- Served as a testifying expert on behalf of a health insurance company defending allegations that it artificially depressed reimbursement rates to certain medical providers.
- In In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation, served as the testifying expert on issues of common impact, feasible damage methodologies, and merits on behalf of a joint defense group of leading pharmaceutical manufacturers.
- Directed economic and statistical analysis for a top-tier academic expert working on behalf of a proposed class of agricultural producers involved in price-fixing litigation under multiple state indirect purchaser statutes.