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Direct Broadcast Satellite Service And Competition In The Multichannel Video Distribution Market: Hearing Before The H. Comm. On The Judiciary, 107th Cong., Dec. 4, 2001 (Statement Of Robert Pitofsky, Prof. Of Law, Geo. U. L. Center), Robert Pitofsky Dec 2001

Direct Broadcast Satellite Service And Competition In The Multichannel Video Distribution Market: Hearing Before The H. Comm. On The Judiciary, 107th Cong., Dec. 4, 2001 (Statement Of Robert Pitofsky, Prof. Of Law, Geo. U. L. Center), Robert Pitofsky

Testimony Before Congress

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Antitrust And The Information Age: Section 2 Monopolization Analyses In The New Economy, A. Benjamin Spencer Mar 2001

Antitrust And The Information Age: Section 2 Monopolization Analyses In The New Economy, A. Benjamin Spencer

Faculty Publications

On April 3, 2000, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson declared that the Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") had maintained monopoly power in the personal computer operating system market by anticompetitive means, in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. A case of enormous significance, Microsoft raises difficult questions regarding how antitrust laws should be applied to information technology ("IT') companies. Specifically, many characteristics of what has come to be called the "New Economy" - and of the IT companies within it - suggest that traditional monopolization analysis may need modification. As the U.S. has moved toward an information- based …


The Dynamics Of Daubert: Methodology, Conclusions, And Fit In Statistical And Econometric Studies, David H. Kaye Jan 2001

The Dynamics Of Daubert: Methodology, Conclusions, And Fit In Statistical And Econometric Studies, David H. Kaye

Journal Articles

This paper reviews the development of the law governing the admissibility of statistical studies. It analyzes the leading cases on scientific evidence and suggests that both the "reliability" and the "general acceptance" standards raise two major difficulties - the "boundary problem" of identifying the type of evidence that warrants careful screening and the "usurpation problem" of keeping the trial judge from closing the gate on evidence that should be left for the jury to assess.

The paper proposes partial solutions to these problems, and it applies them to statistical and econometric proof, particularly in the context of a recent antitrust …


Patenting Industry Standards, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 897 (2001), Janice M. Mueller Jan 2001

Patenting Industry Standards, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 897 (2001), Janice M. Mueller

UIC Law Review

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