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On February 5, 2026, U.S. District Court Judge William H. Orrick certified a class of indirect purchasers of Juul pods in the case In Re: Juul Labs, Inc. Antitrust Litigation. The case involves an alleged unlawful partial acquisition of Defendant Juul Labs, Inc. by Defendants Altria Group, Inc. and Altria Enterprises LLC (collectively “Altria”), which…
On June 27, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria certified a class of California consumers who purchased select John Paul Mitchell Systems (JPMS) hair care products in the case Randall Heagney, et al., v. JPMS. OnPoint expert Dr. Gareth Macartney, in his expert report and subsequent deposition, demonstrated that a common methodology can be…
In October 2024, OnPoint expert Dr. Gareth Macartney testified in the U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas, as Amazon’s damages expert in TrackThings v. Amazon. TrackThings, founded by Thaddeus Gabara, alleged that eero, an Amazon subsidiary, infringed on three of its patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 9,332,442, 9,642,017, and 10,107,893) through the implementation of its mesh…
In August 2024, OnPoint expert Dr. Gareth Macartney testified in the U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas, at a jury trial concerning the alleged infringement of three patents for artificial eyelash technology held by cosmetic company Lashify and invented by its founder Sahara Lotti. After a five-day trial, the jury found that Worldbeauty had infringed…
OnPoint patent damages expert witness, Dr. Gareth Macartney, testified as Amazon’s damages expert in TrackTime v. Amazon at a jury trial held in September, 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The case involved allegations that Amazon and its subsidiary Audible, incorporated technology patented by TrackTime’s founder Curt Evans into its…
Since 2014, OnPoint has had the pleasure and honor of working with Dr. John Connor. This year, Dr. Connor announced that he will be retiring from active expert testimony work. Dr. Connor is commonly regarded as one of the world’s top researchers in cartel studies. He is a Senior Fellow in the American Antitrust Institute…
On May 14, 2021, U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, sitting in Massachusetts, certified a class of End-Payor Plaintiffs (EPPs) consisting of Third-Party Payors (TPPs) in antitrust and RICO litigation involving applications to produce generic versions of three drugs. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants Ranbaxy and Sun Pharmaceutical conspired to acquire and misuse the exclusivity periods…
OnPoint congratulates agricultural economics expert witness, Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman, on his appointment as State Fiscal Economist by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. In this role, Dr. Dorfman will develop forecasts based on Georgia’s tax revenue, work with bond rating agencies to analyze revenue and economic trends, and oversee fiscal impact estimates on tax-related bills. “Given Jeffrey…
OnPoint antitrust expert witness, Dr. Gareth Macartney, recently gave two days of deposition testimony in an antitrust and false claims lawsuit against Defendant Keurig Green Mountain. Keurig specializes in the manufacture and sale of single-serve coffee brewers and the single-serve portion packs of coffee, tea, and cocoa, that work in those brewers. Keurig’s single-serve portion…
The April 11, 2021 episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver focused on long term care facilities for elderly and disabled Americans, and some of the problems they currently present. The show highlighted questionable practices such as understaffing and performing medically unnecessary services for the purpose of maximizing billings to Medicare. Oliver also noted…