On 23 December 2025, Apple reached an agreement with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), which brought about the end of an investigation in Brazil for alleged anticompetitive practices regarding the iOS digital ecosystem. A CRA team, including Marcio de Oliveira Junior, Benno Buehler, Dominik Fischer, Kilian Mueller, Samuel Zimmermann, Hazal Sezer, Iana Gerina, William Reeve, Inkeri Lipasti and Kimberly Tanos, provided economic analysis and support to Apple during the investigation.
New research on the use of conjoint surveys with market simulation analysis for damages estimation in consumer protection class action litigation
Market simulations that we have seen used in consumer protection class action litigation apply what is known as the static Nash Bertrand model of competition...