Our experts and staff often publish in scholarly journals and provide continuing education to attorneys on economic and financial issues arising in litigation. Review our News entries for awards, events and commentary as well as information about recent verdicts and rulings.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Howard Lloyd recently granted the City of San Jose’s motion to decertify a class of approximately 500 employees who have alleged that, under the Federal Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), they were not properly compensated for their hours spent working overtime.
In its new book, Empirical Challenges in Pharma Litigation, OnPoint’s pharmaceuticals team distills a deep well of pharmaceutical industry knowledge down to its most useful and interesting elements.
OnPoint expert Dr. Vivek Shah recently provided deposition testimony in a qui tam False Claims Act matter against certain Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) accused of defrauding Medicare.
OnPoint expert Christine Davis recently provided trial testimony in a wrongful termination and defamation case filed against a nonprofit entity, namely The Roman Catholic Bishop of Santa Rosa (Diocese of Santa Rosa).
OnPoint is pleased to welcome the newest member to our team, Ben Koos. Ben recently earned a M.S. in Economics from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he studied the complementary effect of product market reforms and intellectual property rights on innovation intensity.
OnPoint experts Christine Davis and Johan Walden recently provided trial testimony in a high-profile breach of trust case involving one of the heirs of the McClatchy newspaper empire and Gary Pruitt, the current CEO of Associated Press.
OnPoint Experts Steve Hamilton and Dan Werner recently published an article in Law360 on the recent surge in “deceptive pricing” litigations and the challenges faced by experts when calculating damages in these cases.
OnPoint’s Director of Forensic and Financial Accounting, Christine Davis, was recently invited to speak about fraud topics and the role of forensic accounting in legal settings at the Practising Law Institute’s annual program, Basics of Accounting for Lawyers 2017: What Every Practicing Lawyer Needs to Know.
District Court Judge Gene Pratter denied Defendants’ motion to decertify a class of direct purchasers of shell eggs who allegedly suffered damages from anticompetitive behavior by egg producers. The case involves allegations that egg producers inflated the prices of eggs by reducing their supply.
District Court Judge Lynn Adelman certified a class of indirect purchasers of After-Market Sheet Metal (“AMSM”) parts who allegedly suffered damages from price-fixing by AMSM parts manufacturers.