Microsoft Lawyer to Run Antitrust Panel for ABA

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Feb. 07, 2004 09:27 AM
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It sounds like an April Fool's joke. But it isn't. From the AP, via Dave Farber's IP List: "Microsoft associate general counsel Richard J. Wallis takes over as chairman this summer of the American Bar Association's antitrust section, an unusual role for a corporate lawyer. Even before Wallis' arrival, the panel is already organizing opposition to a congressional plan requiring more aggressive oversight by the courts of such antitrust settlements."

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