Hal J. Singer, Ph.D., President

Hal J. Singer is President and Managing Partner of Empiris, LLC, and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. His areas of economic expertise are antitrust, finance, and regulation. He is the co-author of the book Broadband in Europe: How Brussels Can Wire the Information Society (Kluwer/Springer Press 2005). He has also published book chapters in Access Pricing: Theory, Practice and Empirical Evidence (Justus Haucap and Ralf Dewenter eds., Elsevier Press 2005); Handbook of Research in Trans-Atlantic Antitrust (Philip Marsden, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing 2006); and Life Markets (Vishaal Bhuyan ed., John Wiley & Sons 2009). He has published scholarly articles in dozens of economics and legal journals.

Dr. Singer’s scholarship has been widely cited by regulators and by courts. In the Solicitor General’s September 2008 amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court in Pacific Bell Telephone Company v. linkLine Communications, Inc, the first citation of authority was to an article on price squeezes that Dr. Singer co-authored with Dr. Robert Crandall of the Brookings Institution. Dr. Singer also served as a testifying expert on impact and damages in several antitrust litigation matters, including Natchitoches Parish Hosp. Serv. Dist. v. Tyco Int’l, Ltd. et al. (D. Mass.), Meijer, Inc. & Meijer Distribution, Inc. et al. v. Abbott Laboratories, (N.D. Ca.), and Jane Doe, et. al v. Arizona Hospital and Health Care Association, et. al (D. Az.). In each case, the class certification order favorably cited Dr. Singer’s testimony. In an October 2008 order, the Federal Communications Commission cited Dr. Singer’s work on behalf of the National Football League (NFL) in support of the agency’s decision to refer the NFL’s complaint against Comcast to an administrative law judge. In June 2008, the arbitrator in TCR Sports Broadcasting Holdings v. Time Warner extensively relied on Dr. Singer’s analysis to determine the fair-market value of an out-of-region telecast of the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals.

In addition to his litigation practice, Dr. Singer writes policy papers on behalf of private firms and trade associations. In 2008 and 2009, he wrote policy papers for, among others, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the American Bankers’ Association, CTIA—The Wireless Association, the Fiber to the Home Council, the Medical Device Manufacturers’ Association, and Mobile Future.

Dr. Singer is a frequent speaker and editorial writer; his columns have appeared in several leading newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Canada’s National Post. Dr. Singer earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. magna cum laude in economics from Tulane University.

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