Inside Compass Lexecon, one of the top antitrust consulting firms Quartz 6 hrs ago © Provided by Quartz Boxed-up court documents from the antitrust trial between Apple and Epic Games. Hundreds of economists at leading universities live a double life: By day, they conduct research, teach classes, and rub padded elbows at academic conferences. But by night, they moonlight as analytic mercenaries, helping to tear down—or defend—the world’s biggest monopolies. These academics work for economic consulting firms, and few firms are as feared and revered as 44-year-old Compass Lexecon, hea...