Antitrust Cases

Examples of Complex Cases in which experts at Litigation Economics have provided analyses and testimony include the following:

Price-Fixing in Backup Storage Tape Market. Retained by a major seller of storage devices located in California. Define the market for tape. Determine the extent of competition among various media and ability to affect price. Used model of oligopolistic competition to forecast prices and units-sold in the but-for world.

Attempted Tying in Death-care Market. Case involved the client’s attempt at tying the sale of headstones and other death care products with the sale of cemetery plots. Determined market power in sale of plots and analyzed any evidence of tying. The religious cemeteries were located in Philadelphia.

Monopsony Power. Case involved allegations against an insurance company by a local hospital. The law firm of Howrey contacted us to conduct market analysis – used Herfindahl index and defined geographic market using patient data.

Unfair Competition. Case involved allegations against a company for throwing competitor’s products out of the stores and other misdeeds. The market related to tobacco products and the client was located in Pennsylvania.

Breach of Contract
Business Interruption
Business Valuation
Construction Defects
Intellectual Property
Earnings Loss
Products Liability
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