Law… Intel Antitrust Suit Filed 4 Nov 2009 Intel has been fighting an antitrust suit in Europe for years (recently getting hit with €1.06bn in fines) and now it must deal with essentially the same allegations in the…
Gizmos… Where’s the Map for That? 3 Nov 2009 It appears that at&t doesn't like Verizon's snarky "There's a Map for That" commercials. You know, the ones that somewhat inaccurately equate Apple's "There's an App for That" slogan with…
Law… Google Books and Antitrust Problems 19 Sep 2009 The Antitrust Division of the DOJ has weighed in on the Google Books settlement, and rejection of the settlement is urged. (See news articles on it here.) According to the…
Law… Indefinite Detentions 20 May 2009 I am wary of brushing with broad strokes, and I suppose President Obama is deserving of a wee but of lee-way, but I'm getting sick of feeling the cynical "meet…
Law… Changing Antitrust Landscape 11 May 2009 The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division has signaled a change in how the federal government will be looking at anticompetitive behavior. According to a press release issued today,…
Law… COPA Dies 22 Jan 2009 Well, it's been a while since I last posted. Not like there hasn't been wonderful things that have happened since December. A movie about a mall cop, for example, is…
Law… DOJ Responds to Judge Leon 20 Nov 2008 The Department of Justice has responded to Judge Leon, whose ruling I mentioned earlier. Unsurprisingly, the response is "We are of course disappointed by, and disagree with, the Court's decision that we…
Law… Apple Not A Monopoly (For Now) 18 Nov 2008 Hmmm... Well, I can't say I'm that surprised, but U.S. District Judge William Alsup has rejected Psystar's claim that Apple is a monopolist. (Psystar markets the OpenMac, which runs OSX…
Law… FEMA Delays 26 Oct 2008 The Houston/Galveston region has been largely ignored nationally in the wake of Hurricane Ike, and this chron.com story is truly amazing. Apparently, according to the article, "federal officials have approved…
