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Related to the TFT-LCD cartel case mentioned above, Proview Technologies imported and sold TFT-LCD monitors in the U.S. It retained Dr. Phillip Johnson to analyze damages and liability issues. Dr. Johnson and his team created a transactional sales database from archival printed invoices and utilized it as well as the massive transactional datasets of the TFT-LCD manufacturers to estimate overcharg…
In this case, Plaintiff 1-800 Contacts alleged that Lens.com and its affiliates had bid on its trademarked keywords on Google and Bing search engines. Ted Tatos was retained by Lens.com to analyze bidding, impressions, and click-through rates on allegedly infringing advertisements. He was also asked to respond to Plaintiff’s experts with regard to likelihood of confusion. Mr. Tatos submitted a d…
Government-Sponsored Entities (“GSEs”) are federally created private enterprises, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. To fund their operations, GSEs issue trillions of dollars in debt, underwritten by large financial institutions (“GSE Bond Dealers”). Plaintiffs allege that the leading GSE Bond Dealers engaged in a horizontal co…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division has an ongoing criminal investigation into price-fixing and bid-rigging conspiracies involving the sale of automotive parts to automobile manufacturers. As of September 2017, the DOJ has obtained many guilty pleas from companies and individuals, and has issued fines totalling over $2.9 billion. Since 2012, Econ One has been working with an in…
Purchasers of Bosh front-loading washing machines alleged they were defective, leading to mold growth and foul odors. Dr. Phillip Johnson analyzed Bosh service data and provided a report showing that the service call and warranty claims data systematically understated the incidence of mold in Bosch washers.
In March 2021 a California federal judge certified a class of purchasers of MacBook laptops equipped with allegedly defective “butterfly” keyboards under Econ One Managing Director Hal Singer’s Choice-Based Conjoint (CBC) survey and associated analysis. Dr. Singer’s CBC survey methodology included the incorporation of a product attribute matching the alleged keyboard defect at issue. His v…
Chipotle was alleged to have misclassified apprentice employees as exempt from overtime pay. Plaintiffs said their duties were similar to those of hourly non exempt employees and they should have been paid for overtime hours. A class of current and former apprentice employees was proposed. Dr. Johnson was retained to analyze commonality for the class certification issues and estimate damages.
