1.   Although the quotes appear damning, some antitrust attorneys say the courts are often wary of relying on e-mails alone as evidence.

2.   Antitrust attorneys said they expect the judge to rule soon after the hearing.

3.   But Gary Reback, an antitrust attorney who works for Netscape, thinks breaking up Microsoft is exactly the right thing to do.

4.   Elkins is represented by Maxwell Blecher, a Los Angeles antitrust attorney and former law partner of Joseph M. Alioto, former mayor of San Francisco.

5.   Either the Justice Department or the Federal Trade Commission will likely review the proposed acquisition to see if it will hurt office-supply prices, antitrust attorneys said.

6.   Even if a merger did go through, it would still have to win the approval of government antitrust attorneys.

7.   Federal regulators probably are concerned with the loss of competition in the market for in-store promotions, antitrust attorneys said.

8.   For instance, a story about the Microsoft antitrust case would probably be of interest to antitrust attorneys, but not criminal attorneys.

9.   In addition, several other antitrust attorneys presented evidence aimed at convincing the commission to clear the planned merger.

10.   One of the reasons Microsoft executives wanted to temporarily halt enrollment was to allay Justice Department fears, said Garrett Rasmussen, an antitrust attorney in Washington.