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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633">Abraham v. Intermountain Health Care et al.</font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>David Eisenstadt</strong> presented
testimony using game theory to show that Intermountain had unilateral incentives not to
enter into a contract with the plaintiff class of optometrists. <strong>Dr. Eisenstadt</strong> also
presented statistical evidence that was inconsistent with plaintiffs� attempted
monopolization claim and their contention that fees paid to the defendant ophthalmologists
had increased. The case was recently dismissed on summary judgment.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633">Aurora
Foods (Van de Kamp) acquisition of Mrs. Paul's from Campbell Soup
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Lloyd Oliver</strong> worked
for both Aurora Foods and Campbell to gain DOJ approval of this combination
of two of the three producers of breaded fish sticks in the U.S.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>David Eisenstadt</strong> testified
that plaintiff's alleged exclusion through staff privilege restrictions
would not harm competition. The Court found for Hackensack.</td>
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v. The Gazette Newspapers, Washington Post, and Suburban Press
Network</strong></font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Ken Baseman</strong> filed
written and deposition testimony on market definition, market power,
and liability issues for the defendants in a lawsuit alleging predatory
pricing and monopolization by merger in the community newspaper business.
The appellate court approvingly cited Baseman's testimony in affirming
the trial court's grant of summary judgment for defendants.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><strong><font color="#CC6633">Community
Publishers v. DR Partners and United States v. Nat, L.C. and DR
Partners</font></strong></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Ken Baseman</strong> testified
for the Antitrust Division that the merger between two daily newspapers
in Northwest Arkansas was anticompetitive. Guided by Baseman's analysis,
DOJ was able to persuade both the trial court and the 8th Circuit that
the merger would reduce competition for both readers and advertisers. </td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><strong>Concord
Boat v. Brunswick Corp. and FTC Investigation of Brunswick's OEM
Pricing Policies</strong></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Rick Warren-Boulton</strong> testified
in the private case that Brunswick's market share discounts were rational,
procompetitive or competitively neutral, and efficient business strategies,
not anticompetitive strategies. <strong>Ken Baseman</strong> represented
Brunswick in front of the FTC and was influential in persuading the
Commission to end its investigation of Brunswick's market share discounts
and to refrain from filing an amicus brief for plaintiffs in <em>Concord
Boat</em>. </td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Ken Baseman</strong> filed
testimony for the defendant Milwaukee <em>Journal-Sentinel</em> in a
lawsuit alleging predatory pricing in the market for newspaper readers
and exclusionary pricing in the market for newspaper advertisers. The
trial and appellate courts relied heavily on the arguments presented
in Baseman's written testimony in granting summary judgment to defendants.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633">DRJ
Refuse, Inc Bankruptcy Case No. 95-52055-SD Chapter 11, District
of Maryland, Baltimore Division</font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Jon Joyce</strong> prepared
expert testimony for the State of Maryland that a proposed acquisition
of the firm was anticompetitive.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633">EEC
Investigation of Contract between Arco Chemical and Repsol</font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Lloyd Oliver</strong> provided
testimony before the EEC concerning market shares, definition and significance
of merchant markets and competitive effects in an EEC investigation
of allegedly restrictive provisions of a contract between Arco Chemical
and Repsol for producing propylene oxide in Europe. </td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633">Field
Turf, Inc. v. Southwest Recreational Industries, Inc.</font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Rick Warren-Boulton's</strong> and <strong>Alan
Rockwood's</strong> expert report on behalf of Southwest was influential
in the court's finding that Southwest did not have monopoly power
in the relevant product market. Their report also analyzed damages
from claims of patent infringement, which were dismissed by the court
(Kentucky).</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633"><strong>FTC
Investigation of Brunswick's Investment in Tracker Marine</strong></font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext">The FTC investigated Brunswick's
partial equity interest in and long term supply contract with Tracker
Marine as a possible example of the Merger Guideline's "disruptive
buyer" theory. <strong>Ken Baseman's</strong> analysis was influential
in persuading the FTC to drop its investigation without taking any action. </td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633"><strong>FTC
Investigation of Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft 1")</strong></font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Rick Warren-Boulton</strong> and <strong>Ken
Baseman</strong> worked for Novell Corporation in the original FTC
Investigation of Microsoft's OEM licensing practices, especially the "per-processor" license.
When the FTC declined to act, DOJ started its own investigation and
sued Microsoft. <span class="mstyle"><strong>M</strong></span><strong>iCRA's</strong> work
for Novell resulted in a frequently cited journal article: <strong>Warren-Boulton</strong>, <strong>Baseman</strong>,
and Woroch, "Microsoft Plays Hardball: Use of Nonlinear Pricing
and Technical Incompatibility to Exclude Rivals in the Market for
Operating Software," <em>Antitrust Bulletin</em> 40-2 (Summer
1995), pp.265-315.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><strong>FTC
Retrospective Investigation of Vista Health Merger</strong></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>David Eisenstadt</strong> represented
Vista Health in a retrospective hospital merger investigation conducted
by the FTC. His analysis was instrumental in the Commission's decision
to close the investigation.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><strong><font color="#CC6633">FTC
v. International Association of Conference Interpreters</font></strong></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Steve Silberman</strong> testified
at an administrative hearing that the International Association of Conference
Interpreters’ had too small a share of the relevant market to
exercise market power. The FTC ultimately dismissed charges against
Association rules governing work-day length and other non-price-related
factors because there was no showing that the association had market
power.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><span class="caselinks"><strong><font color="#CC6633">FTC
v. Staples</font></strong></span></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Rick Warren-Boulton</strong> testified
on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission that Staples’ acquisition
of Office Depot would raise prices to consumers in areas where these
firms had competing stores.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><strong><font color="#CC6633">German
Cement Cartel</font></strong></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Bruce Snapp</strong>, <strong>Ken
Baseman</strong>, and <strong>Rick Warren-Boulton</strong> prepared
analyses of the overcharges resulting from a cartel among German manufacturers
of Portland cement. </td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><strong><font color="#CC6633">Greenskeeper
v. Soft Spikes</font></strong></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext">Plaintiff Greenskeeper sued
Soft Spikes for monopolizing non-metal golf spikes, primarily by sham
patent litigation. <strong>Ken Baseman</strong> submitted written and
deposition testimony for plaintiff covering market definition, monopoly
power liability, and damages. The case was settled on terms favorable
to plaintiff before trial. </td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><strong><font color="#CC6633">Hewlett-Packard
merger with COMPAQ, Inc.</font></strong></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>Steve Silberman</strong> and <strong>Rick
Warren-Boulton</strong> were retained by Hewlett-Packard to evaluate
the competitive impact of the proposed merger and present a White
Paper detailing their findings to the DOJ. </td>
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et al. v. UPMC Health System</font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>David Eisenstadt</strong> testified
that UPMC's proposed acquisition of Children's Hospital would be anticompetitive.
UPMC entered into a consent decree with the State of Pennsylvania as
a pre-condition for the acquisition.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633">Holmes
Regional Medical Center v. Agency for Health Care Administration
and Wuesthoff Memorial Hospital</font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>David Eisenstadt</strong> testified
that Wuesthoff's proposed new hospital was procompetitive. The Agency
for Health Care Administration approved Wuesthoff's Certificate of Need
Application.</td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong><font color="#CC6633">Holmes Regional Medical Center v. State of Florida and Wuesthoff Memorial Hospital</font></strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>David Eisenstadt</strong> successfully
testified that the applicant�s CON, if approved, would reduce competition by impeding
Wuesthoff�s ability to expand its satellite hospital in Melbourne, Florida. </td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><font color="#CC6633"><strong>Howerton
v. Grace Hospital</strong></font></td>
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<td colspan="2" valign="top" class="bodytext"><strong>David Eisenstadt</strong> testified
that Grace's alleged exclusion of Howerton through denial of staff privileges
would not harm competition. The Court found for Grace Hospital. </td>
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