Legal Economics, LLC is an economic consulting firm based in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It specializes in the analysis of particularly complex economic issues related to legal issues. Its clients have included leading corporations and law firms such as Intel, Qualcomm, Hoffman La-Roche, Howrey, Kaye Scholer, Akin Gump, Susman Godfrey, Wilson Sonsini, Orrick, the Lanier Law Firm, and Berger & Montague.
Experts
Professor Einer Elhauge, President
Einer Elhauge is President of Legal Economics. He is the Petire Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the director of the Petrie-Flom Center. He is the author of Global Antitrust Law and Economics (Foundation Press 2007), Volume X of the Areeda antitrust treatise on tying, Statutory Default Rules (Harvard University Press 2008), and numerous articles on antitrust economics, health care, and other subjects. He has provided expert economic testimony at trial and by deposition in numerous matters, including in private action lawsuits and in class action lawsuits. He has also consulted for or presented economic reports to numerous governmental bodies, including the U.S. Congress, the FTC, the Department of Justice, the FCC, the European Commission, and the Korean Fair Trade Commission. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School, where he was awarded the Fay Diploma for graduating first in his class. His particular areas of expertise are antitrust economics and health care economics. Click here for his CV.
Professor Allen Ferrell, Affiliate
Allen Ferrell is the Greenfield Professor of Securities Law at Harvard Law School. He is the author of numerous articles focusing on securities law and regulation, corporate governance, finance, and the regulation of financial institutions and markets.His particular areas of expertise are securities and financial markets. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a PhD in Economics from MIT. His particular areas of expertise are securities and financial markets. Click here for his CV.
Professor Bruce Hay, Affiliate
Bruce Hay is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He teaches and writes in a variety of fields in the intersection of law and economics, including legal procedure, tort and contract law, agency and fiduciary law, legal ethics, corporations, environmental law, and evidence. Before joining the Harvard faculty he practiced law in Washington, D.C. with Sidley & Austin, working in a number of regulatory fields including telecommunications, antitrust, and environmental law, and also in general appellate litigation. He was also a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court. In addition to teaching and writing he consults on litigation and transactional matters, and does work as an expert witness and advocate before the state and federal courts. Click here for his CV.
Professor Joshua Lerner, Affiliate
Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, with joint appointment in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and founded its working groups on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy. His research focuses on venture capital and private equity, innovation, and intellectual property. He is the author of Innovation and Its Discontents (Princeton University Press 2004), The Money of Invention (Harvard Business School Press 2001), The Venture Capital Cycle (MIT Press 1999 and 2004), and Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook (John Wily 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2008). He holds an economics PhD from Harvard. His particular areas of expertise are issues related to innovation, intellectual property, and private equity. Click here for his CV.
SENIOR STAFF
Kenneth S. Reinker, Senior Economist & Executive Director
Kenneth S. Reinker is Senior Economist and Executive Director of Legal Economics. He has managed the firm's work to support expert testimony in dozens of matters, with a particular focus on antitrust economics. He holds a JD magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor on the Harvard Law Review, and a BS in Economics magna cum laude from Duke University. He has published articles in several peer-reviewed economics journals, including the Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming), the Journal of Portfolio Management, and the Journal of Investing.
Andrei Goureev Senior Economist
Andrei Goureev is Senior Economist at Legal Economics. His work has supported expert testimony in numerous matters, including matters involving antitrust economics and patents. He expects to receive his PhD from Harvard in Economics in 2008. His thesis is entitled "Interdependence of Innovations and Patent Protections."