Anne Layne-Farrar

Anne Layne-Farrar is a retired economist who specialized in antitrust and intellectual property, particularly where the two intersect. Her work covered technology standards, patent licensing, pharmaceutical competition, and economic damages. She advised clients and provided expert testimony in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Layne-Farrar retired from Charles River Associates in May 2023. She had served as a senior consultant and, earlier, a vice president in its Antitrust & Competition Economics Practice. She also taught at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law until August 2022. Before joining Charles River Associates, she held positions at Compass Lexecon, LECG, NERA, and Lexecon. Global Competition Review named her Economist of the Year in 2018.

She holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Indiana University Bloomington.