Navigant Economics, a subsidiary of Navigant Consulting, provides economic and financial analysis of legal and business issues to law firms, corporations and government agencies. Our experts are leading academic and industry professionals with backgrounds in economics, accounting, finance and public policy. We serve clients engaged in litigation, regulatory proceedings, policy debates, and strategic planning.
Our analyses are grounded in economic theory and guided by the latest scholarly research. We base expert advice and testimony on an in-depth understanding of the relevant facts combined with application of economic theory and supported by rigorous empirical analysis.
Many of the consulting professionals of Navigant Economics are affiliated with leading academic institutions, including The University of Chicago, Georgetown University, Northwestern University, George Mason University School of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and University of Virginia. In addition to our full-time professional staff, we maintain relationships with a wide range of academic affiliates and expert consultants, including distinguished professors engaged in relevant economic and financial research and former top-level government officials. Our experts are closely involved in each engagement – a key to better service and better results – and they are supported by staff experienced in the theory and application of state-of-the-art models in economic and financial analysis.
Navigant Economics was formed in January 2010 through the combination of two highly respected economic consulting firms – Chicago Partners and Empiris.
Our practice areas include:
» Antitrust and Competition Analysis
» Auctions and Market Design
» Class Certification
» Communications and the Internet
» Consumer Protection
» Damages
» Discrimination/Labor
» Finance, Securities Litigation and Valuation
» Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
» Intellectual Property |
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The opinions expressed in these papers and articles reflect the views and the work of the authors rather than the views of the institution. Navigant Economics takes pride in the independence of its Experts and thus their views, their research on behalf of Clients, and their final analyses which support their expert opinions.
December 21, 2011
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Richard Sippel relied extensively on the testimony of Dr. Hal Singer in deciding whether Comcast discriminated against Tennis Channel on the basis of affiliation. Judge Sippel determined that Dr. Singer “testified persuasively” on the proper measures of a network’s value. The ruling marked the first time that the FCC’s ALJ has found that a cable operator violated the program carriage anti-discrimination rules, which were established in 1993. The decision and its likely impact on future carriage disputes has been reported in several major newspapers, including the New York Times and the LA Times.
December 5, 2011
Navigant Economics Managing Director, James Langenfeld along with Navigant Economics Director, Stephan Levy recently contributed a chapter, The Handbook of Competition Economics to The Handbook of Competition of Economics 2012 – a Global Competition Review special report – www.globalcompetitionreview.com. This specific chapter of the report provides an overview of happenings in competition law and economics in the United States, discussing the new Horizontal Merger Guidelines, monopolization cases, merger enforcement, and new policy initiatives such as the DOJ's updated Policy Guide to Merger Remedies.
October 27, 2011
Navigant Economics releases its Q4 ‘Antitrust Litigation Report’. The report highlights recent antitrust litigation activity, spotlights notable cases, and identifies trends and other major changes taking place in the antitrust litigation arena.
October 19, 2011
Navigant Economics Managing Director, Cathy Niden will participate in a panel at the Thomson Reuters 24th Annual ERISA Litigation Conference taking place from 1:45p.m. to 2:45p.m. on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 at Thomson Hall in New York City. Also featured on the panel are, Paul J. Ondrasik, Jr. (Steptoe & Johnson), Howard Shapiro (Proskauer Rose LLP), Lynn L. Sarko (Keller Rohrback Law Offices) and Lawrence Fine (Chartis Insurance). Specifically, this panel will discuss ERISA employer stock cases, including the implications of recent decisions handed down by the 2nd Circuit on October 19, 2011 in the Citigroup and McGraw-Hill ERISA litigations. The conference will be held from 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. and will feature leading ERISA counsel from the defense and plaintiffs’ bar. Timothy Hauser, Associate Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, will give the Keynote Address.
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October 4, 2011
Navigant Economics Associate Director, John Hore and William J. Carrington of the Congressional Budget Office have recently published an article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. The article, entitled “Labor Market Effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill,” discusses the labor market effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, which was the largest U.S. oceanic oil spill prior to the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. They find that employment and average earnings increased when the cleanup effort was largest and that there appears to have been little adverse effect on average labor market opportunities in later years.
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