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Microsoft Lawyer To Lead ABA's Antitrust Section

Posted by timothy on from the takes-one-to-know-one dept.

Dan writes "Wired is reporting that a top lawyer from Microsoft will take over later this year as chairman of the American Bar Association's antitrust section. The panel is organizing opposition to a congressional plan that would require more aggressive oversight by the courts of such antitrust settlements. Considering the next major ruling in MS's case is due soon, you can figure out how important this is to MS."

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  1. What's the deal with anti-trust? by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why does Microsoft have so many anti-trust concerns? I mean, is there anybody left who still actually trusts Microsoft?

  2. Brought to you by... by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Funny

    And when I read the article... I had a nice big MSN butterly ad breaking it up. Does Microsoft have it's finger into everything?

    1. Re:Brought to you by... by Jaysyn · · Score: 2, Funny

      Is that what's in that big white spot?

      Jaysyn

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  3. CAN ANYONE SAY..... by Dr+Reducto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Conflict of Interest?

    Seriously, it's like hiring Janet Jackson to chair a senate subcommittee on decency in public broadcasting!

  4. And in other news... by mikeophile · · Score: 4, Funny

    Josef Mengele will be taking over as the new Director of the American Red Cross.

    1. Re:And in other news... by rsilvergun · · Score: 2, Funny

      And Darl McBride will take over maintances of kernel 2.6.

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  5. So what? by 0x54524F4C4C · · Score: 5, Funny


    Bush and Blair were nominated for the nobel peace award.

  6. Mr. Fox? Paging Mr. Fox! by bc90021 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mr. Fox, would you be so kind as to go to that henhouse and guard those chickens? Thank you, that is all. ;)

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  7. Re:Corrupt by Darken_Everseek · · Score: 2, Funny

    When your quarterly revenue is $30B, you can do a -lot- of owning.

  8. Re:Clean it all up! by GoMMiX · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Or Bush in charge of military intelligence."


    Military Intelligence, is that another one of those stupid reality shows?
  9. also this by benjonson · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, MSNBC is reporting that the American Bar Association's Hen House will now be run by I. M. Foxxe.

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  10. Right guy for the job! by rehabdoll · · Score: 4, Funny

    He sure got experience.

  11. It'd be difficult... by darnok · · Score: 2, Funny

    to find an anti-trust lawyer who hasn't worked for or against Microsoft these days, wouldn't it?