Robert Litan Quotes (13 Quotes)

A disproportionate number of innovations are developed by entrepreneurs, as opposed to big firms.

He will be one influential judge--no question about it. I think the justices will look to him for guidance because he had that job.

I don't know whether they can get the momentum back. At this point, they're in damage control mode.

It's not without basis to say that the Court of Appeals is the preferred place for Microsoft, ... But normally on fact finding, appeals judges give great deference to a lower court.

Microsoft did a whole bunch more things wrong after the consent decree. A breakup is not as preposterous today as it was back then.

Perhaps the EC is going to investigate it. Maybe they fear that a combination of content companies with distribution companies is a problem, but I am wrestling with seeing what the antitrust problem is in the U.S.

Analysts agree that the potential antitrust implications of the deal are few. On the surface, the only apparent antitrust problem appears to be the fact that AOL and Time Warner's Roadrunner might be seen as being competing Internet services, ... But Roadrunner is a pipsqueak of a player compared to AOL's service. It's conceivable they could force the divestiture of Roadrunner. But that's not a big deal.

It's the mostly unlikely source of competition that I can imagine for Microsoft. It's amazing.

This issue has been a cash cow for Congressmen, ... and if you make a deal, you kill the cow.

It's against the Justice Department's interest to have Judge Jackson make an immediate remedy decision because that increases the odds that he would be reversed on appeal. There is a fair chance that experts who have already submitted affidavits in the case will be called as witnesses and there will be a mini-trial that revolves around remedies.

Bush and his staff are clearly playing defense on this issue because events got ahead of them,

Oftentimes, Congress wants to get involved because of the theater of it all,

The planned hearings are background music, ... but it doesn't mean that the department will necessarily listen to Congress.