Summary
Rich Langford is a Manager in the Antitrust and Competition Practice, specializing in economic model development, estimation, and statistical analysis. He has provided consulting and expert support in antitrust cases across a variety of industries, especially in technology and finance, including LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, United States v. Google, Oliver v. Amex, CFPB v. Navient, Apple v. Qualcomm, and Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation. Dr. Langford has also served as the lead consulting expert in work involving a large multinational pharmaceutical company, applying auction theory to develop and estimate a bidding tool for use in pharmaceutical and biosimilars tenders. His work on mergers spans multiple industries, including chemical, energy, and aerospace, and he has supported experts on behalf of both merging parties and regulatory bodies.
Dr. Langford has done extensive research in industrial organization and applied econometrics, primarily focused on the automobile industry, and has published in International Journal of Industrial Organization. He teaches graduate-level statistics as a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.
Education
PhD, Economics, Yale University
BA, Economics and Mathematics (with general and departmental honors, Phi Beta Kappa), Vassar College
