·: Barak Y. Orbach :·

Short Biography

Barak Orbach is an Associate Professor (tenured) of Law at the University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Arizona. He specializes in antitrust, regulation, intellectual property, industrial organization, and the motion picture industry. Professor Orbach holds undergraduate degrees in law and economics from Tel Aviv University and masters and doctorate degrees from Harvard Law School. He has been awarded numerous fellowships and awards for his works in the field of economic analysis of law, including multiple John M. Olin Fellowships in Law, Business and Economics at Harvard Law School, a Humphrey Fellowship in Law & Economic Policy at the University of Michigan Law School, and a Wagner Fellowship in Law & Business at New York University. Prior to his academic career, Professor Orbach served as the Advisor for Law and Economics to the Israeli Antitrust Commissioner and as an attorney with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York.

Orbach’s major research projects include three books in progress:

Reel Law: A Legal History of the American Motion Picture Industry (under contract with Yale University Press).
American Fistiana: The Legal Wars Against Boxing and Boxing Films, 1800-1940.
The Regulatory State: Concepts, Principles, and Problems.

For more information, see Orbach's curriculum vitae.