Econ. profs to battle in Microsoft case; scholars key to debate on meaning of antitrust law
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Well-known economists will provide expert evidence in the antitrust case against the Microsoft Corp. The case may determine whether the Reagan-era laissez-faire Chicago school of economics or the "Post-Chicago" theory, which holds that firms with large market share bar newcomers from entering a market, holds sway. Opposing witnesses will include Franklin M. Fisher and Richard Schmalensee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Microsoft has also retained Kenneth G. Elzinga to provide advice. Elzinga is known for his conservative views.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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Media giant Microsoft has anti-media side; a subpoena demand that could reveal press sources is latest example
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The Microsoft Corp has been guilty of anti-media maneuvers during its antitrust trial and this anti-media stance is also generally true. Microsoft had its lawyers pressure reporter Daniel R Goodin, employed by the Internet new service CNET News.com, to reveal his sources.The Goodin case arrives on the heels of Microsoft's attempts to subpoena tape recordings of 44 interviews with executives from Netscape Communications Corp with Netscape admissions Microsoft found helpful.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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Microsoft's cross challenges U.S. antitrust claim; Sullivan & Cromwell attorney tries to turn government case on its head
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The antitrust case against the Microsoft Corp promises to be the business world's equivalent of the OJ Simpson trial. The complaint by the US Justice Department and 20 states claims that Microsoft, fearing that Netscape's Internet browser software could damage its monopoly product, the Windows operating system, started in 1995 with a series of illegal business moves to crush its rival. Court officials have imposed strict rules to ensure decorum.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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