Re: The Special Master in the Microsoft Case

[rlande@UBmail.ubalt.edu]

Has anyone read any of Lessig's  writings?  Has he ever written anything
on antitrust/competition issues?  I will try to do a little bit of
research on him when I get a chance.

Bob Lande
 
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Ralph Anspach wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:29:41 -0500 (EST) Todd Paglia
> <tpaglia@essential.org> writes:
> >To the list:
> >
> >    The special master appointed in the MS case will obviously play a
> >key role.  Here is the brief description in today's W.Post:
> >
> >  Lessig, the special master whom Jackson appointed, is a professor at
> >the
> >  University of Chicago Law School and is currently a visiting 
> >professor
> >at
> >  Harvard Law School. A noted specialist in technology law, he is to
> >deliver
> >  a report to Jackson by May 31, 1998.
> >
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/microsoft/micro.htm
> >
> >Does anyone have any info on him -- obviously the Chicago School
> >background looks somewhat less than promising, but I assume he is
> >gathering info based upon specific marching orders from Judge Jackson.
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >Todd
> 
>       Unless there is an anomaly here,  the special master choice by
> Jackson does seem worrysome. (Anomalies do happen.  I did my
> undergraduate and some graduate work at the University of Chicago but
> they put me onto  Adam Smith - and I read him.)  
>           In case of  special master picks,  cherchez who picked them.  I
> looked up Jackson on the web and found a few citations,  one by a certain
> Chuck Mueller.  He pointed out that Jackson was a Reagan appointee who
> used to be a Republican precinct captain.  Not much to go on but
> still....
>        Does anybody on the list know whether one can find on the web
> resumes or brief biographies of federal judges at all levels of
> hierarchy?  I tried to browse but failed. Would appreciate the info.
> 
> Ralph Anspach
> >
>