41.  The labor exemption, if structured properly to pass muster with the government, could eliminate the antitrust actions used against the league by people like Jones and Davis.

42.  The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission enter the new year on a roll that could buttress their ability to block mergers and take antitrust action against dominant companies.

43.  The Justice Department could settle the suit against Microsoft the way the Reagan administration dropped antitrust action against IBM begun under Lyndon B. Johnson.

44.  The government case could make it easier for private firms to bring their own antitrust actions.

45.  The real question is whether Klein has sufficient evidence to justify a full-scale antitrust action against Microsoft.

46.  The Yankees filed the antitrust action in federal court in Tampa, Florida.

47.  Whether the businessman, Clinton Reilly, prevails in his civil antitrust action, his lawsuit has already claimed one victim.

48.  While most of the world and half the Justice Department watch the Microsoft antitrust action with fear and loathing, something important is happening in the chip market.

49.  Foyt, now a car owner who wants to participate in events staged by the IRL, is suing CART in a federal antitrust action.

50.  Gore, in an appearance at Microsoft headquarters last fall, praised the concept of antitrust actions but was careful not to comment on the Microsoft litigation specifically.