Court Relies on Testimony of Three Compass Lexecon Experts On January 29, 2021, Judge Sean H. Lane of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of AMR Corporation et al. in a case...

Compass Lexecon was retained by American Airlines and Qantas Airways to provide an economic analysis of the competitive effects of a proposed “metal-neutral joint venture” that would include joint capacity planning and pricing on flights between North America and Australia...

In September 2016, the Third Circuit affirmed a Pennsylvania Federal Court’s April 2015 dismissal of Mylan Pharmaceutical’s (Mylan) suit against Compass Lexecon client Warner Chilcott, PLC (Warner Chilcott), finding that Mylan had defined the oral tetracycline market too narrowly and...

In January 2016, the European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of beverage can manufacturer Rexam by its competitor Ball, subject to the divestment of 12 plants in the European Economic Area. In June 2016, the FTC cleared the proposed acquisition...

A Compass Lexecon team including Dennis Carlton, Gustavo Bamberger, Lynette Neumann, Bryan Keating, and Jon Orszag assisted Thomas Barnett, Anne Lee, Ross Demain and Katharine Mitchell-Tombras of Covington & Burling LLP; and Franco Castelli of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz,...

On November 12, 2013, US Airways and American Airlines announced that they had reached a proposed settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and several states to end the litigation challenging their merger and that, as a result, they expect...

D’Andrea Brother LLC v. The United States is a breach of contract case involving a contract between a producer of nutritional energy bars and the United States Army, Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center. Plaintiff alleged that the government...

Pearson Education, Inc., a publisher of textbooks and other educational material, has been subject to a series of individual copyright infringement claims based on alleged unlicensed use of photographs in its publications. Compass Lexecon affiliate Doug Lichtman and Compass Lexecon...

On March 5, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission cleared Western Digital Corp.’s acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. The companies produce hard disk drives (HDD) for use in computers and other devices. In a settlement with the FTC, the companies...

On February 6, 2012, JPMorgan Chase reached an agreement with a potential class of debit cardholders who allege that JPMorgan Chase charged excessive overdraft fees on debit cards. Plaintiffs’ claims stem from the bank’s method of posting transactions in a...

On December 7, 2011, Datatel and SunGard Higher Education announced that the proposed combination of the two companies cleared Department of Justice review. Datatel and SunGard Higher Education both produce enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for educational institutions worldwide. Professor...

On April 26, 2011, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it closed its investigation of the proposed acquisition of AirTran Airways by Southwest Airlines Company. Compass Lexecon was retained by Southwest – through its counsel Steven Sunshine at Skadden,...

On March 29, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice cleared Dean Foods’ acquisition of Foremost Farms. The two companies process milk that is sold in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. In a settlement with the DOJ, Dean Foods agreed to...

Compass Lexecon has been involved in the ongoing litigation related to the release of genetically modified rice into the domestic US rice supply by Bayer CropSciences in 2006. Hundreds of cases have been filed by US rice farmers and millers...

Compass Lexecon was retained by solicitor David Goddard of Thorndon Chambers and Tim Stephens of Simpson Grierson in New Zealand on behalf of their client OMV NZ Limited. OMV and the other two parties are joint venture partners in a...

On March 12, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in favor of the Federal Government in Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. United States. Rose Acre Farms is a large egg producer seeking...

Compass Lexecon was retained by David Boies, Don Flexner, Bob Silver, Damien Marshall, Cynthia Christian, and Alanna Rutherford of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP to conduct analyses and provide testimony regarding liability and damages in American Express’ suit against Visa,...

Janusz Ordover, Bradley Reiff, Lynette Neumann, and a Compass Lexecon team in Chicago provided economic and econometric analyses showing the competitive effects of the acquisition of Laidlaw International, Inc. by FirstGroup plc. Both companies provide school bus transportation services, among...