Spencer Waller Case Quotations

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.

The case is winding down in the U.S., but it's winding up in Europe.

Their (Netscape's) case is about proving damages and nothing in the government case dealt with that. This isn't a total free ride.

This judge is not inclined to delay based on how he has handled the case in the past.

This case is forward-looking enough, dealing with the Internet and other technologies, that the outcome won't be useless once it's all over.

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.