Additional Case Highlights
Edgeworth provides expert testimony as well as litigation and business and regulatory consulting to lawyers, companies, and government agencies that are making strategic decisions. Our experts use sophisticated data analysis and sound economic theory to address relevant issues, explaining their work in ways that are easy to understand by non-economists including attorneys, businessmen, judges, and jurors. Explore the cases below to sample our work.
Edgeworth Provides Analysis of Damages on Behalf of US Restaurant Chain in Labor and Employment Case An Edgeworth team calculated damages related to constructive discharge and failure to rehire claims. Edgeworth Partner Dr. Deborah K. Foster submitted an expert report in US District Court on behalf of the defendant. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Nathan D. Woods analyzed available opt-in responses to questions regarding alleged overtime hours worked in a class action involving allegations of misclassification. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Nathan D. Woods has extensive experience working with companies on multi-year, multi-matter litigation and comprehensive consulting projects. | ||
An Edgeworth Economics team, led by Dr. John H. Johnson and Dr. Jesse David, was retained by Abbott Laboratories, Inc. in a matter alleging that the company misled consumers in its labeling. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Nathan D. Woods has designed samples, submitted reports, and testified to the statistical reliability of sampling approaches relating to health care disputes and wage and hour class actions. | ||
Principal Consultant Sushrut Jain was retained by the Defendant in the class certification stage of Mirabella v. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Deborah K. Foster provided deposition testimony in a single plaintiff suit brought against a national automotive parts and repair chain. | ||
Edgeworth economists have worked extensively to support DC Legal Aid projects. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson, working with Partner Matthew Milner, was retained by grocery wholesalers in an alleged conspiracy litigation matter. | ||
Edgeworth's client receives $100 million settlement prior to trial. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Deborah K. Foster provided a declaration and deposition testimony in a California class action matter involving meal periods. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Stephen G. Bronars submitted an expert report and testified before an administrative law judge in a case involving whether or not a state wage survey was methodologically sound and reliable for the purpose of establishing prevailing wages. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Michael Kheyfets was retained to design an economic model and provide testimony on issues related to a petition filed by the owner of a rent-controlled property requesting a substantial rent increase. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Nathan D. Woods worked on a confidential class action matter related to a wide array of allegations of gender discrimination. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Chuck Fields provided expert testimony in a wrongful termination matter involving allegations that Supervalu, Inc. had inappropriately terminated an employee due to her age. | ||
Edgeworth Economists Dr. John H. Johnson and Dr. Jesse David were retained by ZonePerfect Nutrition Company in a consumer class action alleging that ZonePerfect had misleadingly labeled its nutritional snack bars as “All-Natural Nutrition Bars.” | ||
Several Edgeworth experts provided economic analysis and testimony during multiple phases of the litigation on behalf of Hershey, Mars, and Nestle. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Michael Kheyfets advised a large telecommunications provider on the economics of a new product going to market. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson, working with Edgeworth Partners Chuck Fields and Mike Kheyfets, used the available data to demonstrate that the allegations made by the EEOC were belied by the data. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David completed analysis of comprehensive concussion and injury data for the 2012 NFL season, along with comparisons to prior seasons going back to 2004. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David performed a scenario analysis to estimate the impacts on various sectors of the U.S. economy of a waiver of renewable fuel standard volume requirements. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David and other Edgeworth economists provided an estimate of damages due to re-ordering of bank transactions across a group of depositors in Trombley v. National City Bank. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Deborah K. Foster analyzed allegations of age discrimination for an alleged class of terminated employees. | ||
Edgeworth economists reviewed and validated a commercial real estate market model used to forecast supply, demand, vacancies, and rents in markets across the U.S. | ||
Edgeworth Economics was retained by a major commercial real estate research and analytics firm to validate its quantitative credit risk product, which forecasts default and loss outcomes for a broad range of commercial mortgage and securitized loans. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Laila Haider submitted an expert report on behalf of SUPERVALU after the national grocery supply chain was accused of unlawful termination of an employee due to his age. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Nathan D. Woods submitted an expert report and was deposed in a California meal breaks class action. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Stephen G. Bronars testified in federal court in a case challenging new rules issued by the Department of Labor governing the H2B visa program. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Nathan D. Woods was retained by an energy company to assess its payroll practices and determine extent to which the company was failing to meet certain FLSA thresholds. | ||
Edgeworth Economics was retained by POET, the world’s largest ethanol producer, to assess the impact of automotive emission regulations on the markets for gasoline and ethanol. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David filed testimony before the National Energy Board of Canada regarding the impact on a petroleum products refinery of rationing capacity on a crude oil pipeline. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David has provided research and expert opinions on the issue of pipeline market power for ratemaking proceedings and other actions before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. | ||
Edgeworth experts provided damages testimony in an antitrust litigation concerning the markets for ready-mix concrete. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson and Partner Matthew Milner provided expert testimony related to damages and consulting services in Univac Dental Co. et al. v. Dentsply International, Inc. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson served as a consulting economist to Arkema Inc. on the appeal arguments made to the Third Circuit. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson was retained by Eaton Electrical, Inc. in antitrust litigation involving several independent service organizations that alleged the exercise of monopoly power in the aftermarket services on uninterruptible power supplies. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson submitted an expert report regarding the appropriateness of class-wide treatment on behalf of Reddy Ice in the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario, Canada. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David provided expert testimony in the class certification stage of a false advertising litigation regarding food labeling. | ||
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged that Bloomberg L.P. engaged in a pattern or practice of unlawful employment practices, including discriminating against Claimants based on gender and pregnancy. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson provided expert testimony in a wrongful termination action that alleged Walmart had inappropriately dismissed an employee due to his disability status. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson submitted testimony to the Department of Labor that demonstrated the wage determined by the agency for corrections officers in Oklahoma City, OK, greatly exceeded the prevailing wage in the area. | ||
Edgeworth Partners were retained by the American Trucking Association (ATA) to assess the cost and benefits of a proposed change in Hours of Service (HOS) rules, which regulate how much time a driver can spend on duty and behind the wheel. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David provided expert testimony on damages in a case alleging a manufacturer breached a contract entered into when considering a joint venture with a small firm. | ||
On behalf of the NFL Players Association,Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson and Partners analyzed the economic impact of a potential NFL lockout in 2011. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David provided expert analysis, valuing the right of first refusal. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David provided expert testimony regarding the value of a patent infringement settlement. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Dr. Jesse David provided expert testimony in a patent infringement case related to website design and functionality. | ||
Edgeworth Partner Matthew Milner and Principal Programmer Sheila Buenafe provided expert consulting services to a large multinational company facing a series of class action lawsuits. | ||
Edgeworth’s economists worked with Appleseed’s Life Long Justice team to assess the results of the surveys and identify the needs and priorities of APS programs. | ||
Edgeworth Chief Executive Officer Dr. John H. Johnson testified on behalf of the D.C. Professional Taxicab Drivers Association and the Dominion of Cabdrivers in front of the Washington, D.C. Taxicab Commission. |