Barak Orbach
Professor of Law and Director of the Business Law Program
The University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
Areas of Expertise
- Antitrust
- Regulation
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Compliance
- Intellectual Property
- The Motion Picture Industry
Barak Orbach is a Professor of Law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, an elected member of the American Law Institute, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is one of the nation’s most well-known authorities on antitrust law. Professor Orbach teaches and writes about antitrust, corporate governance, intellectual property, and regulation. He published over 40 articles, essays, and book chapters in these areas. Additionally, Professor Orbach is the author a leading casebook on regulation, Regulation: Why and How the State Regulates(Foundation Press, 2012). Professor Orbach published several seminal works about antitrust and censorship in the motion picture industry. His study of the motion-picture industry is credited with contributing to a change in the pricing of movies in the United States. Discussions of Professor Orbach’s work appeared in The Atlantic, Forbes, Fortune, Mother Jones, Maclean’s, NPR, Quartz, Slate, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many other media outlets.
Professor Orbach holds undergraduate degrees in law and economics from Tel Aviv University and masters and doctorate degrees in law from Harvard Law School. Before joining academia, Professor Orbach served as an Advisor for Law & Economics to Israel Antitrust Authority and worked as an associate with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York.
Barak Orbach
Professor of Law and Director of the Business Law Program
The University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
Areas of Expertise
- Antitrust
- Regulation
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Compliance
- Intellectual Property
- The Motion Picture Industry
Barak Orbach is a Professor of Law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, an elected member of the American Law Institute, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is one of the nation’s most well-known authorities on antitrust law. Professor Orbach teaches and writes about antitrust, corporate governance, intellectual property, and regulation. He published over 30 articles, essays, and book chapters in these areas. Additionally, Professor Orbach is the author a leading casebook on regulation, Regulation: Why and How the State Regulates (Foundation Press, 2012). His study of the motion-picture industry is credited with contributing to a change in the pricing of movies in the United States. Discussions of Professor Orbach’s work appeared The Atlantic, Forbes, Fortune, Maclean's, Mother Jones, NPR, Slate, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many other media outlets.
Professor Orbach holds undergraduate degrees in law and economics from Tel Aviv University and masters and doctorate degrees in law from Harvard Law School. Before joining academia, Professor Orbach served as an Advisor for Law & Economics to the Israeli Antitrust Commissioner and as an associate with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York.
Academic Experience
The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
Professor of Law (2011-Present)
Associate Professor of Law (2005-2011) (tenured in 2009)
Founding Director, the Business Law Program (2010-2013, 2015-Present)
Affiliated Faculty, The Institute for LGBT Studies
2005 – Today
The University of Colorado Law School
Visiting Professor of Law
Fall 2017
Education
Harvard Law School
LL.M. (1999); SJD (2002)
Tel Aviv University
B.A. (Economics, 1997); LL.B. (1997)
Affiliations
American Bar Foundation
Fellow
2015-Present
The American Law Institute
Elected Member
2013-Present
Publications
Articles and Essays
Book
