Director, LECG

Dr. Anne Layne-Farrar is a director with LECG consulting in its Chicago office. She 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 advisory work for industry-leading clients has included analyzing RAND licensing practices; assessing economic incentives and firm behavior within standard setting organizations; reviewing the competitive implications of licensing pharmaceuticals; and conducting empirical research on the costs and benefits of proposed legislation within the United States, including proposals covering labor unions, television ratings, software security and e-commerce. Layne-Farrar received her Bachelor of Arts in economics with honors, summa cum laude, from Indiana University (Bloomington), her master’s and her doctorate 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.