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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Apr. 18, 2000

Microsoft Is the Victim in Justice Departments Ruling

^^Spin Report^^ By John M. Curtis Taking another bite out of free enterprise, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that Microsoft violated the 100-year-old Sherman Act by monopolizing the Web-browser market. Turning antitrust law on its head, "This opinion will ... set the ground rules for enforcement in the Information Age," said Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein in the Justice Department.

By John M. Curtis
        Taking another bite out of free enterprise, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that Microsoft violated the 100-year-old Sherman Act by monopolizing the Web-browser market. Turning antitrust law on its head, "This opinion will ... set the ground rules for enforcement in the Information Age," said Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein in the ...

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