Antitrust Liability & Damages

ECONorthwest staff have extensive experience conducting and presenting economic analyses.

Antitrust is one of the few areas of litigation in which proving liability involves economic information and testimony. ECONorthwest staff have extensive experience conducting economic analyses and presenting written, deposition, and trial testimony on antitrust liability topics, including:

• Relevant markets, products, and geographies
• Market shares and market power of competing firms
• Barriers to entry that inhibit new entrants into a market

After establishing liability, proving antitrust damages involves showing harm to competition. Alleged antitrust actions harm competition by increasing prices above competitive levels, restricting supply below competitive levels, reducing the quality of goods or services, or some combination of the three.

ECONorthwest has successfully presented testimony on antitrust harm to a range of goods and services, including:

• Advertising services
• Agricultural commodities
• Concert tickets
• Construction services
• Forest products
• Hospital and healthcare services
• Kitchen appliances
• Natural gas and other petroleum products
• Recreation equipment
• Roller bearings
• Suspension systems for bicycles
• Video superstores
• Video-arcade games

Interested in learning more about how ECONorthwest can help you with your next project? Our toolbox is full and our staff enjoy meeting new challenges.