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Law and Legal Issues

Antitrust

Studies

"The Legacy of U.S. v. Microsoft," by Tim Brennan, Regulation, vol. 26 no. 4, Winter 2003.

"Online Travel Services: The Antitrust Assault on Orbitz—and on Consumers," by James V. DeLong, Cato Policy Analysis no. 441, June 4, 2002.

"The Antitrust Terrible 10: Why the Most Reviled “Anti-competitive” Business Practices Can Benefit Consumers in the New Economy," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato Policy Analysis no. 405, June 28, 2001.

"Microsoft's Appealing Case," by Robert A. Levy and Alan Reynolds, Cato Policy Analysis no. 385, November 9, 2000.

"Microsoft's 'Applications Barrier to Entry' The Missing 70,000 Programs," by Richard McKenzie, Cato Policy Analysis no. 380, August 31, 2000.

"Constitutional and Antitrust Violations of the Multistate Tobacco Settlement," by Thomas C. O'Brien, Cato Policy Analysis no. 371, May 18, 2000.

"Microsoft Redux: Anatomy of a Baseless Lawsuit," by Robert A. Levy, Cato Policy Analysis no. 352, September 30, 1999.

"Microsoft and the Browser Wars," by Robert A. Levy, Connecticut Law Review, vol. 31, no. 4, Summer 1999.

"The Government's War on Mergers: The Fatal Conceit of Antitrust Policy," by William F. Shughart II, Cato Policy Analysis no. 323, October 22, 1998.

"Microsoft and the Browser Wars: Fit To Be Tied," by Robert A. Levy, Cato Policy Analysis no. 296, February 19, 1998.

Books

Natural Monopoly and Its Regulation, by Richard A. Posner (1999).

Antitrust Policy: The Case for Repeal, by D.T. Armentano (1998).

Network Effects: How Antitrust Came to Cyberspace, by Robert A. Levy, monograph made available by the Fraser Institute for its conference on "Electronic Commerce: Free Markets in Cyberspace," Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 24, 1998.

Opinion and Commentary

"Full Serve, No Choice," by Thomas Firey and Bart J. Wilson, the New York Times, October 3, 2004.

"The EU Microsoft Ruling: A Welfare State for Aggrieved Market Losers," by Robert A. Levy, TechKnowledge no. 76, March 25, 2004.

"Antitrust: The Case for Repeal," by Robert A. Levy, the American Spectator, January 11, 2003.

"New Funeral Rules Help Business, Not Consumers," by David E. Harrington, FoxNews.com, July 17, 2003.

"51 Antitrust Enforcers: 50 Too Many," by Robert A. Levy, March 27, 2002.

"Bush-League Antitrust," by Robert A. Levy, December 9, 2001.

"Senator Sets to Stone New Windows," by Robert A. Levy, the Washington Times, July 30, 2001.

"Au Contraire, Microsoft Was Victorious," by Robert A. Levy, the Wall Street Journal, letter to the editor, July 16, 2001.

"Business Experts Sound Off on Microsoft," by Robert A. Levy, San Jose Mercury News, July 15, 2001.

"The Golden Goose: Far from Crippling Cigarette Giants, States Save Them," by Robert A. Levy, Investor's Business Daily, July 11, 2001.

"The Microsoft Decision: Prospects for the Company, Implications for Antitrust," by Robert A. Levy, TechKnowledge, no. 13, July 10, 2001.

"The Microsoft Decision: The Appeal Ends, the Trial Resumes," by Robert A. Levy, TechKnowledge no. 12, July 10, 2001.

"No Winning Team: No Reason to Celebrate the Latest Microsoft Ruling," by Robert A. Levy, Nationalreview.com, July 9, 2001.

"Tobacco Cartel: Alive and Well," by Robert A. Levy, May 12, 2001.

"Defending the Indefensible: Auletta on Jackson," by Robert A. Levy, Nationalreview.com, March 19, 2001.

"Take a Closer Look at Tobacco Settlement," by Robert A. Levy, the Wall Street Journal, letter to the editor, March 12, 2001.

"The Gang That Couldn't Deal Straight: Multistate Tobacco Settlement Is Violating Laws and Constitution," by Robert A. Levy and Thomas C. O'Brien, Legal Times, December 11, 2000.

"Too Few Credit Cards? Given Their Intense Rivalry, Visa-MasterCard Case Raises Constitutional Issues," by Robert A. Levy, Legal Times, November 6, 2000.

"Antitrust for Dummies," by Robert A. Levy and Alan Reynolds, American Spectator, November 2000.

"Joel Klein's Legacy: The Mother of All Antitrust Violations," by Robert A. Levy, the Washington Times, October 10, 2000.

"Microsoft," by Robert A. Levy, Commentary, letters, September 2000.

"The Microsoft Moral: Repeal the Antitrust Laws, for Starters," by Robert A. Levy, American Spectator, May 2000.

"Let the Market, Not Government, Take Down Microsoft," by Robert A. Levy and Noah Pollak, Tribune Business News, April 7, 2000.

"Evidence Weak on Microsoft," by Robert A. Levy and Noah Pollak, Sedalia Democrat, April 6, 2000.

"Free Marketers Had Better Get Behind Microsoft," by Robert A. Levy and Noah Pollak, Ottowa Citizen, April 4, 2000.

"Microsoft: In Search of the Perfect Remedy," by Robert A. Levy, the Washington Times, February 24, 2000.

"Anti-Microsoft Conservatives Don't Get It," by Robert A. Levy, Journal of Commerce, December 27, 1999.

"Punishing Microsoft: The War on Private Enterprise," by Robert A. Levy, the Washington Times, November 8, 1999.

"Judge Jackson Is Wrong," by Robert A. Levy, Nylj.com November 7, 1999.

"Rewriting the Rules for High-Tech Antitrust," by Robert A. Levy, Seattle Times, November 1, 1999.

"Microsoft Has No Monopoly Since It Has Real Competitors," by Robert A. Levy, Insight, October 18, 1999.

"Going Too Hard on Microsoft," by Robert A. Levy, San Diego Union Tribune, September 26, 1999.

"U.S. v. Microsoft: Time for a Reality Check," by Robert A. Levy, September 11, 1999.

"Antitrust in the Information Age," by Robert A. Levy, June 4, 1999.

"Back in Court: The Browser Wars Resume," by Robert A. Levy, May 29, 1999.

"Dismember Microsoft? Consumers Will Foot the Bill for Antitrust Remedies," by Robert A. Levy, Legal Times, April 5, 1999.

"Microsoft: A Tale of Two Markets," by Robert A. Levy, March 8, 1999.

"Microsoft at Mid-Trial, by Robert A. Levy, Washington Times, February 16, 1999.

"Microsoft Is No Monopoly," by Robert A. Levy, January 15, 1999.

"Antitrust Action Against Gates' Company Is Unfounded," by Robert A. Levy, Blue & Grey, Georgetown University, October 26, 1998.

"A Guide to the Microsoft Case," interview with Robert A. Levy for the Navigator, Institute for Objectivist Studies, September 1998.

"Beyond the Browser Wars: Antitrust as Vendetta," by Robert A. Levy, August 17, 1998.

"Beyond the Browser Wars to a Vendetta?" by Robert A. Levy, Washington Times, July 24, 1998.

"All Bork, No Bite: Dogging Microsoft," by Robert A. Levy, July 16, 1998.

"The Windows Are Wide Open," by Robert A. Levy, letter to the editor, the Wall Street Journal, July 15, 1998.

"Drawing the Curtain on Windows," by Robert A. Levy, Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 24, 1998.

"Hatch vs. Gates: Just Who is Abusing Power?" by Robert A. Levy, June 23, 1998.

"Microsoft: Government Cries Foul," by Robert A. Levy, the San Diego Union Tribune, May 24, 1998.

"Did Hatch's Letter Compromise Gates' Free Speech?" by Robert A. Levy, the Salt Lake Tribune, May 24, 1998.

"Regulators May Be Threat, Not Microsoft," by Robert A. Levy, the Baltimore Sun, March 8, 1998.

"Trust Clusters: Microsoft's ‘Monopolies’ Spur Competition," by Robert A. Levy, the Washington Post, December 31, 1997.

"It's Time To Reexamine Antitrust Legislation ," by D.T. Armentano, Bridge News, November 23, 1997.

"Justice Attacks Microsoft with Antitrust Vaporware," by Dave Kopel, November 19, 1997.

"Antitrust and the Staples-Office Depot Merger," by William A. Niskanen, Legal Times, June 26, 1997.

From the Cato Handbook for Congress

"Antitrust," by William F. Shugart II and Robert A. Levy, Chapter 39, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 106th Congress, (1999).

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