Economics, Antitrust, Copyright/Patents, & Media, Ph.D., M.Phil., B.A.

Expert Witness No. 1075

New York, NY

EDUCATION:

•        Ph.D., YALE UNIVERSITY, 1981

•        M.Phil., YALE UNIVERSITY, 1976

•        B.A., DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, 1974

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

•        FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, Graduate School Of Business, 2001-2002
Adjunct Professor of Communications and Media

•        WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, 2000-2001
Visiting Professor of Economics

•        RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, 1984-1991
Visiting and Assistant Professor of Economics

PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD:

•        LECG, LLC, New York, NY, 2001-2002Principal

•        BROADCAST MUSIC, INC., New York, NY, 1997-2000Economist

•        U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, 1991-1997Economist

•        BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, Holmdel, NJ, 1981-1984,Member of Technical Staff

LITIGATION SUPPORT:

•        Expert involving commercial damages resulting from illegal arbitrage in distribution of best-selling magazines by regional wholesalers

•        Expert involving antitrust liability resulting from the imposition of minimum advertised prices by specialized retail outlets

•        Expert involving liability resulting from alleged vertical foreclosure of advertising space by a cable carrier against a competing producer 

•        Expert involving liability resulting from anticompetitive use of slotting allowances in marketing of automotive product in prominent chain stores

•        Expert involving liability resulting from dealing in the licensing of major studio content to competing cable and satellite distributors

•        Expert involving contract and price discrimination in wholesale distribution of replacement auto parts

•        Expert involving liability resulting from price discrimination in book retailing

•        Expert involving copyright damages resulting from unauthorized reproductions of musical compositions by provider of digital music services

•        Expert involving copyright damages resulting from reproductions and performances of musical compositions on best-selling CDs

•        Expert involving liability and proper design of “safe harbor” rules for a commercial search engine accused of contributory infringement. 

•        Expert involving economic considerations involving anti-circumvention rules for a digital video product

•        Expert involving considerations of copyright misuse and illegal tying in the use of blanket licensing by a performing rights organization.

•        Consultant involving commercial damages resulting from taking of trade secret

•        Consultant involving commercial damages to music professional resulting from injuries resulting from automobile accident

•        Consultant involving proper strategy for valuation of patent for web search mechanism for sound recordings

•        Consultant involving antirust liability for vertical foreclosure by a radio station with regard to a competitive supplier of concert promotion services.  

•        Consultant involving commercial damages resulting from untimely release of musical recording

•        Consultant involving efficient and fair practices concerning artist rights to terminate recording contracts 

•        Consultant involving proper valuation of sound recording royalties for web cast rates before Copyright Office hearings.

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