11. Powell is an antitrust attorney at Justice. 12. Powell is an antitrust attorney at the Justice Department. 13. Silicon Valley antitrust attorney Rich Gray thinks the Justice Department proved its case that Microsoft illegally protected its Windows monopoly. 14. Still, the recent track record set by federal antitrust enforcers indicates it will win clearance with minimal divestitures and firewalls, antitrust attorneys said. 15. Susan Creighton, an antitrust attorney who works for Netscape, said that Microsoft has gone even farther. 16. That could require several more months, said Lars Liebeler, an antitrust attorney for the Computing Technology Industry Association, a group that supports Microsoft. 17. The consumer class-action lawsuit, written in part by San Francisco antitrust attorney Joseph Saveri, builds on that federal court ruling. 18. The deal could undercut some of the sanctions Microsoft might face if it loses the case, said Michael Cooper, a Washington, D.C., antitrust attorney. 19. The FTC likely will focus on anti-competitive effects specifically addressed in U.S. antitrust laws, ignoring for the most part political posturing in Europe, antitrust attorneys said. 20. The Justice Department needed the Raytheon-Hughes review, antitrust attorneys said, to avoid being shut out of all future defense and aerospace transactions. |