Mr. Kaplan, an executive director at LECG, specializes in antitrust economics, damage assessment in intellectual property matters including those involving patents and trade secrets, and the analysis of damage issues related to general commercial litigation including issues related to valuation. He is experienced in analyzing economic issues in matters involving possible class certification. Mr. Kaplan has testified as an economic expert in federal and state courts, before arbitration panels, and before regulatory agencies including the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the International Trade Commission. Mr. Kaplan has testified before Congress on antitrust and competitive policy issues. Mr. Kaplan has served as a consultant to the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics, the Department of Justice, and the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has published in the field of economics and teaches business statistics in the MBA program at Johns Hopkins University including the study of econometrics. He has also served as a lecturer in economics at George Mason University primarily teaching microeconomics. Mr. Kaplan has submitted presentations concerning various economic issues before the American Bar Association, the Conference Board, and the Brookings Institution. Mr. Kaplan has a master of arts in economics from the George Washington University in addition to a bachelor of arts in economics and a JD from the George Washington University National Law Center. |