Rome 23-24 June 2011
The Economist and the Judge
Private Litigation and Damage Assessment in Antitrust and IPRs Cases

Victoria A. Lazear - Cornerstone Research


Victoria Lazear has more than twenty-five years of experience applying economic theory to issues in litigation and regulation. She provides expert testimony and directs research for expert testimony in cases involving the estimation of damages and in litigation encompassing antitrust, telecommunications, high technology, e-commerce and the Internet, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, securities, financial institutions, energy, regulation, and labor. Ms. Lazear has worked on cases involving claimed breach of contract, economic reasonability of contracts, intellectual property, unfair competition, disparagement, complex valuation, and related economic issues. She has testified in court and in hearings before regulatory commissions.

Ms. Lazear is President, Applied Economics Partners (AEP), a Division of Cornerstone Research. AEP provides economic analysis and litigation consulting services across a broad range of practice areas. Prior to founding AEP, Ms. Lazear was a vice president of Cornerstone Research, where she helped develop the firm's intellectual property practice. She has lectured on the economic analysis of damages and has taught courses on the economics of regulation and public utilities at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. In addition, Ms. Lazear coauthored with Robert E. Hall "Reference Guide on Estimation of Losses in Damages Awards," in the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.