CRA was retained to assist Pearson plc’s antitrust counsel in the US and Canada in matters related to the proposed merger between trade publishers Penguin and Random House. Our experts analyzed pricing patterns, demand and supply determinants, competitive effects, and efficiencies in both upstream (publishing) and downstream (distribution) markets. Competition authorities in all involved jurisdictions reviewed and cleared the merger.
What happens when AI sets wages
The authors fed 60,000 freelancer profiles into eight widely used LLMs, asking each model to recommend an hourly rate. From hourly wage setting to testing for...