Joel Klein
Joel Klein
Joel Irwin Kleinis an American lawyer and school superintendent. He was the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States, serving more than 1.1 million students in more than 1,600 schools. He was succeeded by Cathie Black in January 2011...
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We stopped short of asking for enjoining the product precisely because we believe in creating options, not restricting them. We are not seeking to impose a recall.
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We are not seeking to impose a recall.
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We believe we have presented strong evidence through witness deposition, testimony and documents to support the government's case that Visa and MasterCard engaged in conduct that stifled competition and harmed consumers, ... The litigation team led by Melvin Schwarz did an outstanding job.
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We requested the opportunity to analyze those suggestions, and there may be a few that are acceptable to us.
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Our action today demonstrates that we're not going to give carte blanche approval to mergers in the defense industry. While industry downsizing can be desirable, or even necessary, we will do what it takes to preserve effective competition.
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Microsoft is a monopolist and it engaged in massive anti-competitive practices that harmed innovation and limited consumer choice.
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Microsoft itself is responsible for where things stand today,
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Our investigation has uncovered several specific examples where consumers have actually been harmed, ... Smart cards, which were delayed for about a decade . . . as well as the development of a system of secure transactions for the Internet, something consumers and businesses obviously would welcome.
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That is in the range, but ... it is premature for us now to get ahead of the story.
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We welcome this decision to abandon the transaction. This means that the United States government and the American people will continue to receive the highest possible quality of military products and services in the defense of this nation, at the lowest possible cost to the taxpayer.
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This is the right result and a big win for consumers. DBS service is the first real competitor to local cable monopolies. As a result of this action, the last remaining DBS slot will not fall into the hands of the dominant cable companies.
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the time has come to seek new challenges.
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These conduct restrictions are necessary to allow the structural remedy sufficient time to restore competitive conditions in the software industry,
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As in any lawsuit, there are two sides, ... Different people have different views of what happened and we will respond appropriately in court.