^*Senior Managing Economist, LECG, Washington, DC. The views expressed herein are those of the author and should not be construed as representing the position of either LECG or other experts in LECG. Any errors, of course, are my own. A version of this paper was presented at the Applied Topics in Law and Economics session, Western Economics Association International (WEAI) Conference, Seattle, WA, June 30, 2002. I would like to thank several anonymous referees for useful comments.