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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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7 April 2026
applEcon welcomes new affiliate expert David Neumark
applEcon is pleased to announce that Professor David Neumark has joined as an affiliated expert. Professor Neumark serves as a Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Center for Population, Inequality, and Policy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a leading researcher on labor market discrimination and has helped develop methods to […]
24 March 2026
applEcon welcomes new affiliate expert Michael F. Pesko
applEcon is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael F. Pesko has joined as an affiliated expert. Dr. Pesko is the J. Rhoads Foster Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, where he also serves as the director of the multidisciplinary Social Impact Lab. His research examines the effect of public policies on health behaviors, […]
The Team
Josh Palmer, PhD
Expert
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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