Recently, the Hanover Shoe and Illinois Brick proscriptions of raising pass-through issues under Federal antitrust law have been under pressure. The Antitrust Modernization Committee Report has recommended that the Illinois Brick rule be abolished, and DOJ antitrust head Makan Delrahim has suggested that Apple v. Pepper before the Supreme Court might open the door to overturning Illinois Brick. Dr. Janet Netz participated in…
A Texas jury found unanimously that General Electric (“GE”) violated federal antitrust law by engaging in anticompetitive conduct affecting sales of refurbished anesthesia machines and the servicing of all GE anesthesia machines. It awarded actual damages of $43,083,344 to the plaintiffs—17 independent service organizations (“ISOs”) who compete with GE’s anesthesia sales and servicing businesses. Under…
applEcon is pleased to announce that Brian Rosewarne has been named the Managing Partner of the firm. He has been at applEcon since 2002, most recently as Senior Economist and Case Manager. Mr. Rosewarne will lead applEcon’s continuing controlled growth, developing new relationships with testifying experts and client firms. Mr. Rosewarne’s consulting experience covers a…
Dr. Netz has been invited to join a group of antitrust experts speaking at the 2016 American Antitrust Institute (AAI) Private Enforcement Conference in Washington DC on November 9, 2016. The conference brings together a host of practitioners — attorneys, economists, academics, and policy makers — to discuss current issues relevant to private antitrust enforcement.…
News Corp agreed to pay $280MM to settle a lawsuit for monopoly maintenance and related claims brought on behalf of a class of consumer packaged goods companies; applEcon’s Dr. Jeffrey MacKie-Mason was the class’s sole expert economist throughout the case. The products at issue were in-store advertising and promotions sold by third parties; News Corp’s…
Staff Analyst: full time, part time, or intern We are looking for staff analysts to assist in the preparation of testimony for antitrust, merger and regulatory cases. applEcon provides economic analysis and consulting services to a diverse range of clients. Our work typically involves industrial organization, competitive strategy, and damages in various industries. The position involves extensive…
By invitation from the American Bar Association, applEcon Expert Dr. Janet S. Netz served as a discussion panelist at the Antitrust Law Spring Meeting on March 26, 2014. The discussion, presented by Antitrust Magazine and the ABA’s Civil Practice & Procedure Committee, was entitled “Winning or Losing Class Certification Post-Comcast”. Panelists were invited to discuss…
The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) presented awards for achievement in antitrust litigation at its annual conference in Washington DC. Janet Netz was awarded the Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Economics for her work In re TFT-LCD Antitrust Litigation. Dr. Netz was the testifying expert for the indirect purchaser plaintiffs (IPPs) in the price-fixing case involving…
Erin Lane, Juan Nagel, and Dr. Janet Netz’s paper, Alternative Approaches to Measuring MRP: Are All Men’s College Basketball Players Exploited?, was discussed in the Chicago Policy Review, a publication “dedicated to bridging the gap between academic research and policy practice”. Their research grew out of work on White v. NCAA. Relying on publicly available…
Testimony from Dr. Janet Netz of applEcon assisted purchasers of cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions and computer monitors in obtaining a recommendation for class certification from the Interim Special Master who wrote: “Having undertaken a rigorous analysis of plaintiffs’ evidence (particularly, the reports of Dr. Netz), the Interim Special Master finds that Plaintiffs have satisfied…