Dr. Jovanovic specializes in providing economic analysis and expert testimony in the areas of consumer protection and securities and finance.
He has extensive experience analyzing multi-level marketing (MLM) compensation models of nutrition, supplements, cosmetics, and other life sciences companies. Dr. Jovanovic has assisted numerous clients in responding to formal investigations and requests for data and analyses from regulatory entities such as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), offices of State Attorneys General, and self-regulating organizations such as Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and U.S. stock exchanges. He has provided testimony before the SEC, the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration, the American Arbitration Association, and in various federal and state courts.
Dr. Jovanovic has taught graduate-level econometrics courses at New York University and Johns Hopkins University. He has published his research in a number of academic and professional journals and has lectured on economic issues in a variety of continuing legal education forums. Dr. Jovanovic received his Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University.
Served as a consulting expert for a company facing the FTC investigation examining liability and damages relating to allegations that the multi-level marketing business model was a pyramid scheme. The analysis included evaluating claims that the company overstated marketers' potential earnings.
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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Houston American Energy Corp., built time series models of returns and volatility to assess securities’ price responsiveness to new information allowing for time-varying market volatility, and provided expert report and rebuttal expert report.
Addressed issues of efficiency and materiality in numerous Security Class Action cases using sophisticated econometric models.
Assessed allegations of “spoofing” and “layering” in equity and option trading by a high frequency trader.
Conducted analyses of an ETF share creations and redemptions and addressed the allegations of ETF price manipulation Finance Regulatory and Internal Investigations Finance Regulatory and Internal Investigations.
Magic Hours Prod., Inc. v. TIME of My Life Pty Ltd, ICDR Case No. 50 140 T 00647 11. Arbitration appearance and expert report. Opined on damages stemming from violation of certain contractual rights.
January 01, 2017
Joseph v. Hogan, No. 06-CV-1042 (E.D.N.Y. 2006). Declaration, deposition testimony, expert report and rebuttal report. Opined on specific aspects of the sampling methodology developed by the Plaintiff’s expert.
December 01, 2016
Tabbane v. Colgate Palmolive Serv. (ICC 2008). Expert report and rebuttal expert report. Opined on the Claimant's experts' methodology for estimating damages arising from the termination of a business relationship.
November 01, 2016
Houston American Energy Corp., the Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-16000. Expert report and rebuttal expert report. Evaluated the materiality of several alleged misrepresentations in the defendants’ public filings.
February 01, 2016
Branko lives in Chicago with his husband and son, and their dog and two cats. He enjoys entertaining friends and family, knitting and travelling. Branko is a member of Washington, D.C. LGBT Bar Association.