D. Daniel Sokol

D. Daniel Sokol is the Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair in Law and a Professor of Law and Business at the USC Gould School of Law and Marshall School of Business. He holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Economics and serves as faculty director of the Center for Transnational Law and Business and co-director of the USC Marshall Initiative on Digital Competition. Additionally, he serves as Senior Advisor at White & Case LLP in a part-time capacity.

• Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair in Law
• Professor of Law and Business
• Affiliate Professor of Business, Marshall School of Business
• Faculty Director, Center for Transnational Law and Business
• Co-Director, USC Marshall Initiative on Digital Competition

Professor Sokol ranks among the top 10 most cited antitrust law professors in the past five years. His research spans complex business issues from early stage start-ups to multinational corporations, with particular focus on competition-related matters including antitrust, data breaches, corporate governance, digital platforms, compliance, innovation, M&A, digital transformation, and global business regulation.

His scholarly work demonstrates a consistent trajectory toward understanding digital competition challenges, platform economics, and evolving antitrust frameworks. Recent publications examine empirical research on online platforms, coordinated effects in merger analysis, and the impact of sharing economy disruptors on traditional industries. These works collectively represent a sophisticated integration of legal analysis with economic theory in the context of modern digital markets.

• Member, American Law Institute
• Academic Advisor, United States Chamber of Commerce
• Non-Governmental Advisor, International Competition Network

Professor Sokol has edited numerous influential publications including the Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics (Volumes 1 and 2), The Global Antitrust Compliance Handbook, and several other works on competition law and policy. His editorial leadership has shaped antitrust scholarship globally, and he maintains the Antitrust and Competition Policy Blog as an ongoing contribution to the field.

Through his technical assistance to antitrust agencies worldwide, Professor Sokol has directly influenced competition policy implementation across multiple jurisdictions, demonstrating both theoretical expertise and practical policy application.