More - Robert Litan Quotes

He will be one influential judge--no question about it. I think the justices will look to him for guidance because he had that job.

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 Guidance

This issue has been a cash cow for Congressmen, ... and if you make a deal, you kill the cow.

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It's against the Justice Department's interest to have Judge Jackson make an immediate remedy decision because that increases the odds that he would be reversed on appeal. There is a fair chance that experts who have already submitted affidavits in the case will be called as witnesses and there will be a mini-trial that revolves around remedies.

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It's against the Justice Department's interest to have Judge Jackson make an immediate remedy decision because that increases the odds that he would be reversed on appeal, ... There is a fair chance that experts who have already submitted affidavits in the case will be called as witnesses and there will be a mini-trial that revolves around remedies.

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It's not without basis to say that the Court of Appeals is the preferred place for Microsoft, ... But normally on fact finding, appeals judges give great deference to a lower court.

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Even if they slap Jackson down on the tying issue, there still will be the rest of the verdict.

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[Bush and his staff] are clearly playing defense on this issue because events got ahead of them,

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Microsoft did a whole bunch more things wrong after the consent decree. A breakup is not as preposterous today as it was back then.

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I don't see where there is a problem in the U.S.,

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Perhaps the EC is going to investigate it. Maybe they fear that a combination of content companies with distribution companies is a problem, but I am wrestling with seeing what the antitrust problem is in the U.S.

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 Fear