When the relevant market is your work force: How labor law may inform M&A
Antitrust laws prohibit firms from restricting competition in both product and labor markets. However, government officials have focused most of their...
CRA experts have been engaged to investigate the potential anti-competitive impacts of “no-poach” agreements and other types of restrictive covenants. Our work on these cases ranges from initial identification of potential data sources, data cleaning and production, identifying appropriate methods of sampling and surveying (when necessary), analyses related to arguments about class-certification, liability and damages analysis in preparation for mediation, and expert testimony.
Engagements
- 01CRA assists client in averting no-poaching chargesUsing client-specific and publicly available data, CRA demonstrated that employee movement before and after the alleged agreement did not differ in a...View engagement
- 02Class 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
- 03Professor Conrad Ciccotello testifies on behalf of Yale University in jury trial winCharles River Associates expert, Professor Conrad Ciccotello, recently provided expert testimony on behalf of Yale University at a jury trial in United States...View engagement
Meet our team
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Matthew R. Thompsonhe/him/his
Vice President, Practice Leader of Labor and Employment
Tallahassee
+1-850-402-4208 mthompson@crai.com![]()
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