An economic approach could curb broad antitrust classes
On July 16, a federal court certified the “Cattle Plaintiffs Producer Class” in In Re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation, a case alleging that Cargill, JBS,...
CRA provides economic advice and testimony in large, complex, high stakes antitrust class action/collective action cases. Our experience includes analysis of class certification issues, liability, aggregate and individual class damages, injunctive relief, and settlement distribution issues. CRA uses its economic expertise, industry knowledge, and experience with large, complex data sets to help clients address these issues. In addition, our experts apply their backgrounds in economic theory, econometrics, game theory modeling, and damage assessment to analyze other economic issues, such as market definition, market power, and anticompetitive effects at a class-wide level.
Our economists have broad class action experience and particular expertise in antitrust and fraud/false advertising class action cases. Our class action work spans a wide range of industries and has involved some of the most prominent cases in recent years.
Engagements
- 01CRA Competition team advises counsel in licensing stand-up comedy disputeThe plaintiffs alleged that Pandora had failed to secure licenses to perform and distribute the underlying written comedy routines, arguing that a separate...View engagement
- 02CAT approves class action settlement agreement in maritime cartelA CRA team, including Raphaël De Coninck, Elina Koustoumpardi, Oliver Wichert, Dominik Fischer, Isabella Pandelli and Lorenzo Comito advised WWL/EUKOR and...View engagement
- 03Class action allegations of monopsony powerA team of CRA experts supported testifying expert Dr. Bob Topel in a lawsuit involving allegations of monopoly and monopsony power in the sports entertainment...View engagement