Antitrust, Business Law, and Trade Regulations

ECONorthwest conducts all elements of the economic analyses associated with determining liability in antitrust and other business- and trade-related cases. This includes, for example, the analysis of relevant product and geographic markets, market share, market power, prices, economic interest associated with alleged violations, barriers to entry, third-party regulation of markets, substitutes and complements, the degree of contestability in markets, contractual obligations, and regulatory issues that apply to trade and commerce.

ECONorthwest has performed numerous antitrust analyses of the markets for goods and services, covering a tremendous range of topics. These topics have included agricultural commodities, healthcare services, suspension systems for bicycles, video superstores, recreation equipment, natural gas, roller bearings, construction, concert tickets, video-arcade games, advertising, professional bowling, petroleum products, forest products, and cookie stamps.

Some of the firms ECONorthwest has worked with include:

Betts, Patterson & Mines, PS
Cosho Humphrey LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
Haglund, Kirtley, Kelley, Horngren & Jones, LLP
Kolisch Hartwell PC
Perkins Coie LLP
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, PC
Stoel Rives LLP
Tonkon Torp LLP