Dr. Mather has expertise in applied microeconomics, industrial organization, public economics, labor economics, econometrics, and statistical analysis. Dr. Mather applies his expertise to consulting and high-stakes litigation matters, including in the areas of antitrust and competition, intellectual property, healthcare, breach of contract, class certification, and economic damages.
San Diego
Dr. Mather has expertise in applied microeconomics, public economics, labor economics, industrial organization, econometrics, and statistical analysis. Dr. Mather applies his expertise to complex commercial litigation and regulatory matters involving antitrust and competition, intellectual property, healthcare, contract disputes, trade secrets, class certification, and economic damages. His experience spans a variety of industries, including healthcare, online advertising technology, video game platforms, software and technology products, casino gaming, and consumer products.
Dr. Mather regularly works with large and complex datasets and applies econometric and statistical methods to evaluate competitive effects, estimate damages, assess causation, and analyze marketplace behavior. His work has involved issues relating to antitrust injury, product competition, royalty valuation, statistical sampling methodologies, and the economic impact of alleged misconduct.
Examples of Dr. Mather’s consulting experience include analyses of damages arising from alleged anticompetitive conduct in digital marketplaces; patent damages and reasonable royalties involving online advertising technology; statistical sampling analyses related to opioid litigation; economic damages and class certification issues involving online gaming platforms; and evaluations of competition and commercial success in technology and consumer product markets.
Dr. Mather’s academic research has focused on consumer behavior, public economics, education policy, and causal inference, including research examining teacher effectiveness, welfare measurement, and state fiscal policy.
Dr. Mather earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics, Mathematics, and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Most Favored Nation (MFN) clauses are contractual provisions that were historically invoked between countries in treaties and trade agreements, promising, for example, that any lowering of tariffs on any trading partner would apply to all the most favored nations bound by the MFN agreement (hence the use of the term “nations”).
Game Publishers Win Class Certification in Landmark Valve Antitrust Litigation
Managing Director Steven Schwartz submitted expert reports and testimony arguing in favor of class certification on behalf of approximately 32,000 PC game publishers in antitrust litigation brought against Valve, the largest PC video game distributor in the world.
Unanimous Arbitration Panel Awards $25.4 Million in Biogas Facility EPC Dispute
Tanner Weil provided an expert report and testimony on behalf of Air Liquide, a multinational supplier of industrial gases and related services, in a construction dispute arbitration surrounding the development and construction of an anaerobic digester biogas facility in Pennsylvania. The unanimous arbitration panel awarded more than $25.4 million, an amount determined directly from Mr. Weil’s analysis and testimony.