25 Quotes by Spencer Waller

If they don't do it in this case, I can't imagine why they would ever do it.

I don't think it's a wildly adventurous case, but it shows they're looking at types of competitive restraints they didn't before. I'd sort of look at the government's ability to prove that there is a harm to competition in the sense of either effects on prices, or on the offering of new services in the markets they're concerned about. This isn't a slam-dunk where you prove something and you win. This case involved the economy, and it's much more complex.

He'll probably hand down a series of injunctions to stop the specific things he finds to be illegal.

The purpose is so that important cases brought by the government can get definitive resolution quickly and be sped to the top of the ladder. This is the most important case that the government has brought in a generation, so I think it bears the strongest chance.

I think it strongly suggests they (Netscape) believe the (proposed) settlement will not restore competition in the market, that it's not enough for their needs.

I was a little surprised at the tone. It was stark, dramatic and unequivocal.

Right now, the EC commission is more aggressive than either the Clinton administration or the Bush administration when it comes to antitrust issues.

I think they're going to continue litigating this, if for no other reason because the states are going to litigate, regardless of what he does.

Microsoft is going to try to establish that there is vigorous competition in the marketplace. They're going to try to get admissions that Microsoft has less market power than is apparent, or that this venture can take away from any market power it does have.