In a class action alleging monopolization and conspiracy to allocate customers and geographic markets among medical waste services providers, CRA was retained by counsel for one of the defendants to analyze economic issues related to class certification. CRA’s expert demonstrated that the effect of defendants’ alleged actions depended on multiple factors unique to each customer and claim, and our work was cited by the court in its decision not to certify the class.
An economic interpretation of Rule 23(b)(3) for antitrust classes
In this article, CRA’s Sean Durkin explains the economic incentives behind class definitions in antitrust cases and why those incentives can lead to classes...