David K.A. Mordecai Filed an Expert Report in Microsoft v Samsung

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David K.A. Mordecai filed an expert report on behalf of Risk Economics® client Samsung. Dr. Mordecai’s expert report opined on the merger dispute between Samsung and Microsoft, and the patent assignment of Nokia mobile devices.

In a brief court filing, Microsoft and Samsung agreed to voluntarily dismiss with prejudice all claims and counterclaims. The companies issued a joint statement that was published on each company’s respective blogs Monday.

“Samsung and Microsoft are pleased to announce that they have ended their contract dispute in U.S. court as well as the [International Chamber of Commerce] arbitration,” the statement said. “Terms of the agreement are confidential.”

Dr. Mordecai worked with a team of economists led by Samantha Kappagoda, Chief Economist of Risk Economics®, working with attorneys at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, including George A. Riley, Andrew Frackman, Gary Svirsky, Brad M. Elias, Jeffrey A.N. Kopczynski, Ryan K. Yagura, Ian Simmons and John Kappos.

The case is Microsoft Corp et al. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., case number 1:14-cv-06039, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.

David K.A. Mordecai Filed an Expert Report in Microsoft v Samsung

David K.A. Mordecai is President and Co-Founder of Risk Economics, a New York City based advisory firm. Risk Economics specializes in the application of computational economics to the proprietary development and scalable implementation of robust modeling and data analytic frameworks for valuation, strategic and systemic risk analysis, and dynamic asset-liability management.

As Lead for the Risk Economics® litigation and arbitration advisory practice, David Mordecai serves as an expert on loss causation and economic damages related to market structure, financial institutions governance, and complex issues related to finance, economics and market standards and practices within securities, derivatives, reinsurance, and commodities markets, as well as market structure within a broad range of non-financial industry sectors. His expertise includes industrial and financial engineering, the valuation of fixed income securities and structured products, including over-the-counter derivatives (in particular fixed income and credit derivatives), complex insurance and reinsurance liabilities, as well as asset liability and risk management models and practices. Having testified extensively at deposition, trial, arbitration and international arbitration, he has been admitted as an expert in federal, state and county courts, and cited favorably in court decisions.