Monopolization & Vertical Restraints

Vertical restraints and other business strategies may, depending on the facts, intensify competition, have anticompetitive effects, or even constitute monopolization. CRA helps clients, competition agencies, and the courts understand the true nature and impact of such conduct. We have analyzed loyalty rebates, alleged predatory pricing, and a wide array of actual or alleged vertical restraints. To this end we rigorously apply the modern economics of contracting, other elements of modern microeconomics, and appropriate statistical and econometric tools, such as contract simulation, critical elasticity studies, cost-justification assessments, and market surveys.