Renée Duplantis, a principal in The Brattle Group’s Toronto office, specializes in the empirical analyses of antitrust issues, primarily mergers, civil litigation, damages and class- action matters. Prior to joining the firm, she was seconded to the Canadian Competition Bureau and served as the T.D. MacDonald Chair in Industrial Economics at the Bureau. In that role and throughout her time at the Bureau, she provided the Commissioner of Competition and the Bureau with independent advice on economic matters related to competition policy and participated in the economic analysis of high-profile investigations under the Competition Act. Renée holds a doctorate in economics from Northeastern University and a Master’s degree in economics from Duke University.
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Quantifying non-price effects is a topic with global appeal in antitrust that has garnered particular interest in merger reviews in Canada in light of the recent decisions in Tervita and TREB, especially in cases that involve an efficiencies defence. We discuss the importance of quantifying (...)
