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Class Action Cases Against Microsoft
Antitrust, Liability, Causation, Damages, Class Certification for Plaintiffs
U.S. vs. Microsoft concluded that Microsoft had exercised power over PC operating system prices, but awarded no damages to consumers. Consumers in seven states received over $1.6 billion in settlements from Microsoft from antitrust suits that relied on applEcon for its liability and damages expertise. applEcon’s first and largest state case on behalf of consumers…
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News + Updates
16 January 2025
Court cites aE testimony, certifies class of indirect purchasers affected by alleged HDD component price fixing
On January 10, 2025, a California federal judge certified an End-User class of indirect purchasers of suspension assemblies (SAs)—a critical component in hard disk drives (HDDs)—where the HDDs were sold either as standalone products or incorporated into computers and other electronic devices. applEcon’s Dr. Janet S. Netz provided expert economic testimony as to the class-wide…
13 June 2024
applEcon Partner Janet S. Netz chaired the panel on Models of Damages Assessment at the Perfect Law 2024 Global Class Actions and Mass Torts Conference
Dr. Janet Netz was the chair of the panel on Models of Damages Assessment at the Perfect Law 2024 Global Class Actions and Mass Torts Conference in London, England, this past May 23-24. Dr. Netz and participants Derek Ho, Tjeerd Krol, Dr. Dante Quaglione, and Thierry Wetzel discussed the role of damages assessment in class…
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Josh Palmer, PhD
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Ph.D. in Economics, University of California at Berkeley
B.A. in Economics and Psychology, University of Michigan
Josh began working at applEcon in 2002 as a staff analyst. His fields of specialization are Industrial Organization, Behavioral Economics, and Applied Microeconomics.
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