Economic analysis and expert testimony for merger reviews, price-fixing allegations, monopolization claims, and other competitive restraint matters. Bates White provides rigorous quantitative analysis supporting clients through antitrust litigation, regulatory proceedings, and merger reviews, with demonstrated expertise across consumer class actions, DOJ and FTC enforcement, and complex multi-party transactions. The firm's antitrust practice encompasses competitive impact assessment, market power analysis, and damages estimation across diverse industries. Recent engagements include the successful DOJ block of the Penguin Random House–Simon & Schuster merger, expert support in US v. Google, the FTC's landmark case against Amazon, and the Kroger–Albertsons merger challenge. The practice draws on the firm's broader capabilities in antitrust and competition, intellectual property, and finance to address the unique competitive dynamics of media markets, spectrum allocation, content distribution, and platform economics. Experts have testified before the Copyright Royalties Board on royalty determination for radio, cable, and music content.

Rigorous economic analysis and expert testimony for litigation, regulatory proceedings, and government investigations across the energy sector, including oil and gas, electric power, utilities, and renewables. Bates White's Energy Practice is led by PhD economists with significant government agency experience, enabling the firm to deliver compelling analysis on market design, rate disputes, damages, and competition matters. The practice integrates with the firm's transfer pricing, antitrust, and environmental capabilities to serve clients across the full energy value chain—from upstream extraction to retail power markets. Partner Glenn R. George leads the Energy and International Arbitration and Trade practices, reflecting the firm's deep bench in this sector.

Deep industry and economic expertise applied to litigation, government investigation, and regulatory matters—delivering informative and compelling economic analysis and expert testimony across healthcare and life sciences. Analyses are grounded in economic principles and are technically rigorous, employing the latest econometric and statistical methods, yet are clear and easily understood by clients, judges, and juries. The practice has significant experience analyzing a wide range of industry data, including health insurance claims data, IQVIA prescription data, manufacturer sales and chargeback data, and clinical treatment data. The team's experience spans providers (hospitals, health systems), payers (insurance and managed care organizations), and life sciences companies including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices.

Economic analysis for labor and employment disputes including wrongful termination, wage and salary discrimination, non-compete and no-poaching clause competitive effects, and class action damages estimation. Bates White applies rigorous statistical and economic methods to labor and employment disputes, providing expert analysis of employer market definition and power, discrimination assessment based on protected characteristics, and damages quantification in class action matters. The firm's labor and employment practice includes analysis of competitive effects in non-compete and no-poaching clause cases, with expertise in labor market antitrust matters. The firm combines economic analysis with statistical methods to support both plaintiffs and defendants in complex employment disputes and class actions.

Economic research and advisory services informing public policy debates across competition, healthcare, energy, and other sectors. Bates White conducts rigorous economic research and analysis on policy issues, providing insights on competition policy, healthcare regulation, energy policy, and digital markets that inform public debate and regulatory decision-making. The firm's policy analysis practice includes research on hospital merger enforcement, labor market monopsony power, digital advertising markets, and energy policy for data centers. Evidence includes Three Mile Island study on impact to Pennsylvania electricity consumers and published research on healthcare and labor market policy issues.

Economic analysis and expert support for regulatory proceedings before state, federal, and international regulatory bodies. Bates White delivers comprehensive regulatory support across multiple sectors, with extensive experience working with more than 30 state and provincial energy commissions and providing expert analysis in FERC enforcement actions and public utility commission proceedings. The firm's regulatory practice includes economic analysis supporting regulatory proceedings, expert testimony before regulatory bodies, and support for enforcement actions. Evidence includes expert support in Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Entergy Services and comprehensive experience across state, federal, and international regulatory proceedings.

Expert economic analysis and strategic advice in mass tort valuation, contingent liability estimation, insolvency analysis, fraud investigations, and complex corporate restructurings. Bates White is recognized as a foremost valuation expert and strategic advisor to debtors, creditors, courts, trustees, insurers, and governments, with a proven track record in some of the largest and most complex restructurings in recent history, including LTL Management (J&J talcum powder), Mallinckrodt, BSA, and Garlock asbestos matters.

Rigorous statistical and economic analysis supporting class certification, damages estimation, and expert testimony in complex consumer and antitrust class action matters. Bates White provides quantitative analysis for both plaintiffs and defendants across antitrust, securities, healthcare, and consumer protection class actions, with demonstrated expertise in developing reliable damages models and addressing commonality and typicality issues before federal and state courts.

Economic analysis and expert testimony for commercial disputes involving business valuation, lost profits, breach of contract, and damages quantification. Bates White applies rigorous financial and economic methodologies to support clients in complex commercial litigation, providing credible and defensible valuation analyses and damages estimates across a wide range of industries and transaction types.

Expert economic analysis and testimony for complex disputes across the communications and media industries, including telecommunications, broadcasting, and digital media. Bates White professionals bring deep industry knowledge to antitrust, regulatory, and intellectual property matters, delivering rigorous data-driven insights before courts, government agencies, and regulators. The practice covers spectrum allocation, content distribution, platform economics, and royalty rate-setting, with experts having testified before the Copyright Royalty Board on royalty determination for radio, cable, and music content.