When a rival accused Church & Dwight, manufacturer of Trojan condoms, of using shelf space agreements to maintain a monopoly, CRA was retained to address the competitive effects of the agreements. CRA’s economists filed expert reports analyzing the efficiencies and lack of any significant rival foreclosure arising from the disputed practices. CRA’s expert reports also included a sophisticated economic model illustrating why condom prices could fall even in the absence of efficiencies. All antitrust claims were dismissed.
Contested ground: Early competition and market dynamics in generative AI
CRA experts, Andrea Asoni, Matteo Foschi, and Oliver Latham, teamed up with Chiara Farronato of Harvard Business School to reflect on developments in...