Jeremy A. Verlinda
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principal
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Washington, DC
Dr. Verlinda specializes in competition issues in both antitrust and regulatory matters.
He has provided and supported testimony on competition, consumer protection, and product liability issues before US district courts, federal regulatory agencies, and various state public utilities commissions, as well as before competition and regulatory agencies in Europe, Canada, and Australia. Dr. Verlinda has also supported damages analyses in price fixing and arbitration proceedings across the globe. He has expertise across a broad set of network industries, including telecommunications, media, transportation, finance, health care, advertising, and energy.
Dr. Verlinda has provided direct consulting services to firms around the world regarding antitrust risks associated with planned or potential acquisitions. He authored extensive testimony in the Sprint/T-Mobile merger, including a series of reports addressing product and geographic market definition, assessment of potential merger-related efficiencies and competitive effects, the efficacy of potential divestitures, and merger simulation. Dr. Verlinda has prepared white papers on vertical integration risk and coauthored a series of reports evaluating the competitiveness of the Canadian wireless telecommunications industry in joint filings with the Canadian Competition Bureau before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
Prior to joining Brattle, Dr. Verlinda gained 8 years of experience in the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where his case work focused on monopolization claims in the payments, healthcare, and electricity industries; criminal price fixing in air cargo and financial markets; and merger analysis in the consumer goods, airlines, entertainment, and electricity industries.
University of California, Irvine
PhD in Economics
Personal Interests
In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys a number of outdoor activities, including hiking, trekking, rock climbing, and mountaineering. He can frequently be found on evenings and weekends training for the next big adventure at the local climbing gyms and crags surrounding the Washington area.
Testimony
Expert Report (filed January 20, 2023), Deposition (March 23, 2023), Reply Report (September 14, 2023), and Reply Deposition (October 10, 2023) of Jeremy A. Verlinda, Ph.D. on Behalf of Plaintiff in the matter of Freeman vs. MAM USA Corporation, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case no. 1:20-cv-01834.
Expert Declaration (filed January 21, 2022), Reply Declaration (September 21, 2022) and Second Reply Declaration (March 20,2023) of Robert J. Reynolds and Jeremy A. Verlinda on Behalf of Otis NV, in the matter of NMBS and Infrabel versus Otis NV, Kone Belgium NV, Schindler NV, and NV TK Elevator Belgium, Nederlandstalige ondernemingsrechtbank te Brussel 9e Kamer A/21/02643.
Expert Declaration (filed January 28, 2021) and Reply Declaration (May 19, 2021) of Robert J. Reynolds and Jeremy A. Verlinda on Behalf of Otis Elevator Co, in the matter of European Institutions versus Otis, Kone Belgium, Schindler, and ThyssenKrupp Liften Ascenseurs, HOF VAN BEROEP BRUSSEL (KAMER 18N) A.R. 2015/AR/95.
Deposition (July 25, 2019) and Direct, and Cross-Examination (July 30, 2019) of Jeremy Verlinda on Behalf of Preston Hollow, LLC In the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, Preston Hollow Capital LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Nuveen LLC, Nuveen Investments, Inc., Nuveen Securities LLC, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Defendants, Civil Action No. 2019-0169-SG.
