Monopsony

CRA experts advise counsel and clients on alleged anticompetitive behavior in input markets, including matters arising from horizontal or vertical mergers, monopsonization claims, and alleged conspiracies. Our experts support merger review, regulatory inquiries, and litigation before the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general, and courts. Across industries, we provide economic analysis and testimony on market definition, competitive effects, and monopsony power, combining established methods with advanced, industry specific analytics.

CRA brings additional depth in matters where labor is the input market at issue, owing to the combined strength of its Antitrust & Competition and Labor & Employment practices. We evaluate alleged restraints on labor market competition stemming from horizontal coordination or vertical employment arrangements, and support clients through proactive risk assessments, investigations, and litigation. Our experts have advised allegations involving wage fixing, wage suppression, information sharing, and restrictive employment practices such as no poach, no solicit, no hire, and noncompete agreements.

CRA combines traditional antitrust analysis with a command of employment specific resources, including applicant flow data, workforce mobility, and proprietary and public employment datasets, to define relevant labor markets and assess how firms compete for workers. This integrated approach delivers defensible economic evidence for regulators, courts, and counterparties.