Samid Hussain

Samid Hussain coheads the consumer fraud and product liability practice at Cornerstone Research. He also serves on the firm’s executive committee and its conflict resolution committee. Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) has recommended Dr. Hussain as a leading competition economist and consulting expert in the competition field.

Dr. Hussain specializes in analyzing economic, marketing, and statistical (econometrics) issues in competition, consumer fraud, product liability, antitrust, healthcare, breach of contract, and intellectual property matters. He frequently consults on economic and marketing issues related to liability, class certification, and damages.

Dr. Hussain has experience in a variety of industries, including automobiles, tech, oil and gas, airlines, genetically modified crops, herbicides, and telecommunications. He has taught courses as a visiting lecturer at Stanford University and instructor at Cornell University.

Dr. Hussain has worked on prominent cases involving allegations of false claims, consumer fraud, product liability, product misrepresentation, product defects, and false and deceptive advertising. He also has substantial experience with antitrust and competition matters, as well as other high-profile litigation in a range of industries.

Automotive matters

Multiple product liability and safety defect cases against major auto manufacturers, such as:

• Nemet et al. v. Volkswagen Group of America Inc. et al.
• MacDougall v. American Honda Motor Co.
• In re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

• Beaty et al. v. Ford Motor Company
• In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
• In Re: Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep EcoDiesel Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation

• Johannessohn, et al. v. Polaris Industries Inc.
• In re: Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
• In re: Toyota Motor Corp. Hybrid Brake Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

Consumer fraud and product liability

Multiple prominent cases involving allegations of false claims, consumer fraud, product liability, product misrepresentation, product defects, and false and deceptive advertising, such as:

• Deceptive marketing and false advertising allegations involving “All Natural” claims
• “All Natural” Product Labeling Class Action
• Deceptive marketing and false advertising claims against several software and hardware companies

• Advertising of software
• Class Certification Opposed on Behalf of Healthcare Provider
• Advertising Targeting a Medical Services Provider

• Anti-kickback case relating to large payor and physician ownership of facilities
• Power Ratings of a Household Appliance Manufacturer’s Product
• Energy Labeling of a Household Appliance

• False Claims Act Suit Involving Title IV Program
• Ground water contamination cases
• Multiple MTBE product litigaton against major oil refiners

• Product defect litigation involving weatherproofing products
• Fine Jewelry Advertising Campaign

Antitrust and competition

Dr. Hussain also has extensive experience in a wide range of high-profile antitrust matters, including collusion, price fixing, monopolization, exclusionary practices, and mergers and acquisitions. Representative cases include:

• Alleged Price Discrimination and Unfair Competition among Automobile Dealerships
• In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation
• Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation

• Comcast–NBC Universal Joint Venture
• Cigarette Antitrust Litigation
• High Fructose Corn Syrup Antitrust Litigation

• S&M Farm Supply v. Pharmacia/Monsanto
• Sorbates Antitrust Litigation
• Spirit Airlines v. Northwest Airlines

• DuPont v. Monsanto
• Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System v. Hillenbrand Industries
• Express Scripts PBM Litigation

Other litigation

Other notable cases Dr. Hussain has consulted on include:

• Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College et al.
• Negligence Lawsuit Against Healthcare Provider
• Healthcare Insurance Payments Kickback Trial

• Monsanto v. DuPont Patent Infringement Matter
• Reasonableness of attorney fees in class actions
• Mortgage discrimination case against a major lender

• Misrepresentation of mortgages and securitization matter
• Breach of contract involving software upgrades and updates

Awards and recognition

• The Consulting Report: Top 25 Automotive Consultant and Leader,  2024
• WWL: Global Leader Competition—Economists 2023
• WWL: Global Leader Competition—Economists 2022

Select publications

Dr. Hussain has coauthored articles published in Antitrust Litigator, Competition, Distribution, Global Competition Review, the American Bar Association’s Indirect Purchaser Litigation Handbook, and other journals and books:

• “Valuation of Personal Data: Assessing Potential Harm from Unauthorized Access and Misuse of Personal Information in Consumer Class Actions,” The Cambridge Handbook of Marketing and the Law, June 2023
• “Damages in Consumer Class Actions,” A Practitioner’s Guide to Class Actions, American Bar Association, November 2021
• “Legal and Economic Analysis of Personal Data – Related Collective Actions in the UK,”  with Peter Davis, Louise Freeman, and Kate Scott, The Expert Witness Journal, November 2020

• “An Assessment of Analytical Tools in Product Liability Matters—Perspectives from Economics, Marketing, and Consumer Behaviour,” International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2019
• “Mobile Advertising: An Economic Perspective,” Distribution, Distribution and Franchising Committee, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law
• “Empirical Approaches in Assessing Class Certification in Direct Purchaser Price-Fixing Cases,” Global Competition Review

• “An Economic Approach to Assessing the Reasonableness of Class-Action Settlements,” Antitrust Litigator
• “Economics of Class Certification in Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Cases,” Competition: The Journal of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the State Bar of California
• “Indirect Purchase Litigation Handbook,” (second edition), contributor, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law

• “Policy Implications of Increased High School Graduation Expectations,” NYU Law Journal
• “Accounting for the Effects of Increased High School Graduation Expectations on Pupil Performance and Resource Allocation: Results from New York State,” Economics of Education Review
• “Exploring the Nexus between Educational Inputs, Distribution of Performance and Incentives: Implications for Higher Standards and School Finance Reform,” Economic Perspectives on Improving Educational Productivity

Select panels and presentations

Dr. Hussain has organized and led/moderated panels and presentations, including:

• “Economic Damages in Automotive Class Actions,” 2023 Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Conference – Scottsdale, AZ (2023)
• “Expert Forum: Cracking the Commonalities and Differences in Data Breach and Data Privacy Cases” – Virtual event (2021)
• “Expert Forum: Economic and Legal Issues in Data Privacy and Data Breach Group Litigations” – London (2020)
• “Valuation of Privacy: Assessing Potential Harm from Unauthorized Access and Misuse of Private Information in Consumer Class Actions,” presented at a conference at Harvard Law School (2019)

• “Assessing Quality Effects in Competition Cases: Lessons from Product Liability Litigation” – London (2018)
• “Who’s in the Driver’s Seat? Assessing Misrepresentation, Liability, and Injury in a World of Complex Automated Products” – San Francisco (2017), Los Angeles (2017), New York (2017)
• “Does Compliance Matter? Class Actions over Regulated Labels,” American Bar Association (ABA) 62nd Antitrust Law Spring Meeting – Washington DC (2014)

• “The Supreme Court and Class Expert Testimony: A Renewed Focus on the Predominance Requirement at Class Certification” – Dallas (2014)
• “The Implications of Recent Supreme Court Decisions for Expert Analysis in Class Actions: Insights from Economics, Marketing, Finance, and Law” – Los Angeles (2014)
• “Consumer Fraud and Product Misrepresentation Litigation: Insights from Economics, Marketing, Finance, and Law” – San Francisco (2013), Chicago (2013), New York (2012), Washington DC (2012)