Publications Archive

In this article written for the ABA Consumer Financial Services Committee Newsletter Dr. Stephen Bronars explores the implications of behavioral economics on consumer financial services law.

The DOL's estimate of an additional 2.5 percent increase in the new salary threshold over three adjustments may not be accurate and likely understates its magnitude.

The pay ranges specified in the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's proposed EEO-1 forms are broader than the pay differences it aims to detect. While the goal of determining instances of pay discrimination is sensible, the authors show that the proposed data collection system is unlikely to accomplish the objective.

In "Turning Daubert on its Head: Efforts to Banish Hypothesis Testing in Antitrust Class Actions," Edgeworth CEO Dr. John Johnson, with Former Partners  Dr. Laila Haider and Dr. Gregory Leonard discuss the recent attempts by plaintiffs to exclude expert evidence and opinions offered by defendants' expert economists with the argument that the experts’ statistical testing of plaintiffs’ proposed methodology does not satisfy the Daubert standard for the admissibility of expert testimony. 

In this book, Dr. John Johnson applies his deep experience as an expert economist and statistician—his rigorous analyses and cogent explanations—to real-world examples of misinterpreted data, enabling readers to become smarter consumers of the data they encounter every day.

In this article published in the ABA Information Law Journal, Michael Kheyfets and Matthew Milner discuss economic analysis as it applies to litigation matters filed by financial institution classes. 

In this year’s annual transfer pricing report, Edgeworth provides an overview of the year’s critical regulatory developments and captures the practical state of transfer pricing for intangibles..

In this Law360 article, Dr. Stephen Bronars and Dr. Nathan Woods discuss the possibly profound consequences of using external benchmarks when conducting analyses of age discrimination allegations.

Mr. Michael Kheyfets, Dr. Deborah Foster and Dr. Nathan Woods discuss the 10 questions you should ask your experts who are working with your sensitive data. 

Dr. Stephen Bronars publishes “Ten Years after Katrina: African Americans in New Orleans and the Evacuation Divide” in Forbes, analyzing residents’ access to vehicles ten years after hurricane Katrina.

Drs. Bronars, Foster, and Woods discuss the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed salary test for the white collar exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Drs. Deborah K. Foster, Stephen G. Bronars, and Nathan D. Woods published the article “Approaches to Hourly Rates Under DOL White Collar Rules” in Law360.

Dr. Stephen Bronars and Chuck Fields, along with Christopher Craig of O’Melveny & Myers, co-authored the article in Law360.

Sushrut Jain discusses recent trends in consumer class actions brought against manufacturers of retail food products, including the proposition of using hedonic price analyses. 

This article by Dr. Nathan Woods is the third article in a three part series discussing the statistical analysis of class certification topics in wage-and-hour class and collective actions.

This article by Dr. Nathan Woods is the second article in a three part series discussing the statistical analysis of class certification topics in wage-and-hour class and collective actions.

This article by Dr. Nathan Woods is the first article in a three part series discussing the statistical analysis of class certification topics in wage-and-hour class and collective actions. 

Michael Kheyfets, a partner at Edgeworth, discusses emerging trends in data breach and privacy litigation in Law360.

In this article, Edgeworth experts highlight the multifaceted approach companies utilize as part of data breach management.

This report illuminates key issues in transfer pricing for intangibles and provides practical guidance on how practitioners are executing their transfer pricing strategies.

Matthew Milner discusses the counter factual paradigm economists use to analyze fact of injury and damages in data breach class actions.

Dr. Korenko published an article on stress testing in Quantitative Finance.

In his article in Tax Management’s Transfer Pricing Report, Dr. George Korenko addresses the OECD’s latest draft on intangibles questions the availability and use of CUTs.

Dr. Jesse David gives an economic perspective of food labeling cases by discussing the “predominance” requirement for class certification.

Dr. John Johnson with Former Partner Dr. Laila Haider discuss the role of rigorous analysis in the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent antitrust ruling in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend.

Dr. Korenko published an article in Law360 that discusses the idea of fairness in executive compensation from an economic perspective.

Dr. Jesse David completed analysis of comprehensive concussion and injury data for the 2011 NFL season, along with comparisons to prior seasons going back to 2004.

Dr. John H. Johnson and Dr. Gregory Leonard discuss the empirical analyses used to determine class certification issues in Rigorous Analysis of Class Certification Comes of Age, published by the ABA’s Antitrust Law Journal.

This article co-authored by Edgeworth experts Dr. John Johnson and Matt Milner explores some of the issues concerning this case, and explains why expert testimony is increasingly relevant.

This article examines recent class actions, including a review of the issues that affect economic analysis as it relates to antitrust matters.

Edgeworth experts examine decisions made by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), and review the court’s directives and standards as they apply to calculating royalty damages.

Matthew Milner opined on the reliability of structured data in litigation, writing “Structured data is frequently the foundation of expert analysis in litigation for a variety of damages and liability issues."

During his tenure with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Dr. George Korenko co-authored this report.

Dr. George Korenko explains some issues associated with transfers of intangibles between local and foreign subsidiaries of a multinational company.

Dr. George Korenko published this article in Tax Management's Transfer Pricing Report.