U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Seventeen companies sued General Electric (“GE”), alleging that GE engaged in anticompetitive conduct in the sale of refurbished anesthesia machines and the servicing of all GE anesthesia machines. Following a seven-day trial, a unanimous jury awarded plaintiffs damages of $43,083,344, finding that GE violated Sections 1…
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…
Supreme Court of Canada Microsoft settled with indirect purchasers of Microsoft software in Canada for CAD $517 million in Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. and Neil Godfrey v. Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Canada Co. Class Members who are non-volume licensees will receive cash payments and volume licensees will receive volume licensee vouchers. Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft was filed in…
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Western Division Consultation with applEcon economists helped Collins Inkjet to demonstrate that their claim met a precedent-setting new standard for tying, and defeat the defendant’s appeal of a preliminary injunction in Collins Inkjet Co. v. Eastman Kodak. The plaintiff, Collins Inkjet claimed that Kodak tied its printer…
U.S. Northern District of California Testimony from Dr. Janet Netz of applEcon assisted purchasers of cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions and computer monitors to obtain cash settlements totaling $563 million from seven CRT manufacturers. applEcon supported class counsel throughout the legal process, submitting nine expert reports related to class certification, antitrust liability, damages, and other…
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Testimony by Professor Jeffrey MacKie-Mason of applEcon assisted packaged goods manufacturers to obtain class certification in a lawsuit alleging monopolization of the market for third party in-store promotions by News America Marketing (“News”). News buys exclusive access to at-shelf space from retailers, and sells at-shelf…
U.S. Northern District of California 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…
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California applEcon helped a class of U.S. consumers to obtain settlements totaling $1.082 billion from a cartel of manufacturers of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels. LCD panels are flat video displays used in computer monitors, laptop computers, and televisions. The nine manufacturers that comprised the cartel supplied…
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Gamers will retain access to aftermarket peripheral devices for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console as a result of a settlement between Microsoft and Datel. Owners of Datel memory units were surprised to find, that a required software patch for Xbox 360 rendered their Datel gaming…
United States District Court for the Central District of California Unocal influenced California regulators to adopt regulations that, unbeknownst to regulators, conferred monopoly power upon Unocal. applEcon helped California gasoline consumers to win a settlement of $48 million. Unocal filed patent applications for certain gasoline formulations, and subsequently proposed that formulations covered by its patent…