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property and antitrust. Dr. Gr<strong>on</strong> has worked <strong>on</strong> competiti<strong>on</strong>-related matters involving<br />

companies in insurance distributi<strong>on</strong>, automobile insurance, and financial instituti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

She has also worked <strong>on</strong> matters involving companies in a number of markets and<br />

industries including life insurance, annuities, reinsurance, mortgage financing, retail<br />

deposits, marketing databases, artificial joints, computer peripherals, beverage<br />

distributi<strong>on</strong>, airlines, automotive repair, mutual funds, and discount retailing.<br />

Dr. Gr<strong>on</strong>’s work has been published in a number of the top ec<strong>on</strong>omic journals including<br />

the Rand Journal of Ec<strong>on</strong>omics, the Journal of Industrial Ec<strong>on</strong>omics, the Journal of Law<br />

and Ec<strong>on</strong>omics, the Review of Ec<strong>on</strong>omics and Statistics, and the American Ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />

Review.<br />

Prior to joining NERA, Dr. Gr<strong>on</strong> taught Competitive Strategy, Microec<strong>on</strong>omics and Risk<br />

Management and Insurance to MBA students at Kellogg School of Management and at<br />

the Graduate School of Business (now Booth) at the University of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Chicago</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Dr. Gr<strong>on</strong><br />

received her PhD in ec<strong>on</strong>omics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with<br />

c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s in industrial organizati<strong>on</strong> and regulati<strong>on</strong>, and public finance. She<br />

received her BA, magna cum laude, in ec<strong>on</strong>omics and computer science from Williams<br />

College.<br />

JOHN HARKRIDER is co-chair of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider’s antitrust practice. His<br />

practice c<strong>on</strong>centrates <strong>on</strong> mergers, counseling and litigati<strong>on</strong>. In the merger c<strong>on</strong>text, he<br />

advised Google in c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> with its acquisiti<strong>on</strong>s of Motorola Mobility and hA Software.<br />

He represented Cingular in its $41 billi<strong>on</strong> acquisiti<strong>on</strong> by BellSouth and BellSouth in its<br />

$86 billi<strong>on</strong> acquisiti<strong>on</strong> by AT&T and is currently representing Thermo Fisher in its $13<br />

billi<strong>on</strong> acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of Life. In litigati<strong>on</strong>, he has represented Tys<strong>on</strong> Foods in litigati<strong>on</strong><br />

against the DOJ, and represented United Technologies Corporati<strong>on</strong> in Walker Process<br />

and Sham Litigati<strong>on</strong> Secti<strong>on</strong> 2 claims. He also represented the U.S. Department of<br />

Justice in its investigati<strong>on</strong> and suit to enjoin WorldCom’s attempted acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of Sprint,<br />

which was the largest merger ever challenged by the DOJ.<br />

Recently, he represented Google and Motorola Mobility in c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> with the FTC’s<br />

standard-essential patent investigati<strong>on</strong>. He also represents Red Hat <strong>on</strong> patent/antitrust<br />

issues.<br />

H. STEPHEN HARRIS, JR. is a partner in Baker & McKenzie’s Global Antitrust &<br />

Competiti<strong>on</strong> Group. Mr. Harris is widely published and globally recognized as a leading<br />

antitrust lawyer and commercial litigator by publicati<strong>on</strong>s including Chambers USA<br />

(2004-2011), Internati<strong>on</strong>al Who's Who of Competiti<strong>on</strong> Lawyers (2000-2011), and PLC<br />

Which Lawyer? (2001-2011).<br />

Mr. Harris practices antitrust law, including class acti<strong>on</strong>s and cartel and merger<br />

investigati<strong>on</strong>s, before US and internati<strong>on</strong>al courts and agencies. He also represents<br />

financial instituti<strong>on</strong>s in complex regulatory and commercial litigati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

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