Biography
Dr. Layne-Farrar specializes in antitrust matters where the core issues are at the intersection of intellectual property economics and competition policy. She advises clients on competition, regulation, policy, and intellectual property issues across a range of industries with a focus on high-tech. Her client list includes some of the largest information technology, communications, and pharmaceuticals companies in the world.
Her advisory work for industry leading clients has included: analyzing RAND licensing practices; analyzing patent filings for market definition; assessing economic incentives and firm behavior within standard setting organizations; reviewing the competitive implications of licensing pharmaceuticals; conducting empirical research on the costs and benefits of payment instruments within the United States; determining costs and benefits for legislative proposals covering labor unions, television ratings, software security, and e-commerce; and assessing the antitrust implications of mergers and acquisitions in a number of industries, including software, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, airlines, manufacturing, and consumer goods.
Dr. Layne-Farrar received her BA in economics with honors, summa cum laude, from Indiana University (Bloomington), her master’s and her PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. She has published articles in Antitrust, Global Competition Review, and Regulation Magazine and has numerous publications in academic journals, including Antitrust Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and Journal of Competition Law and Economics.
Profile Highlights
Professional Experience
- Consulting - 10 years
- International Engagements - 5 years
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Testimony Experience
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Representative Engagements
Publications
- 2009, Rembrandts or Rubbish in the Attic?
- Forthcoming in 2009, Innovative Or Indefensible? An Empirical Assessment Of Patenting Within Standard Setting
- June 2009, Non-Discriminatory Pricing: What is Different (and What is Not) about IP Licensing in Standard Setting
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Employment History
- 2006 to present, LECG Director
- 2005 to 2006, LECG Principal
- 2004 to 2005, LECG Senior Managing Economist
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Education
- 1999, University of Chicago, PhD
- 1997, University of Chicago, MA
- 1987, Indiana University, BA