The Law and Economics
of
United States v. Microsoft

Friday, May 5, 2000

Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall
40 Washington Square South
NYU School of Law

PROGRAM:

8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00-9:10 OPENING REMARKS
Dean George Daly, Stern School of Business, NYU
Professor William Allen, Director, Center for Law and Business, NYU
Professor Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU
9:10-10:45 UNITED STATES V. MICROSOFT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE
Chair: Eleanor Fox, NYU School of Law
Speakers:
David Boies, Boies, Schiller and Flexner
C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering
Doug Melamed,  Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
Charles Rule, Covington and Burling
10:45-11:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00-12:45 UNITED STATES V. MICROSOFT FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
Chair: William Baumol, Economics Department, NYU
Speakers:
Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU
Robert Gertner, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Stanley Liebowitz, University of Texas at Dallas
Daniel Rubinfeld, University of California, Berkeley
12:45-2:15 LUNCH
D'Agostino Hall, 110 West 3rd Street
Introductory Remarks:
Dean John Sexton, NYU School of Law
Speaker: Michael Kwatinetz, Credit Suisse First Boston
Topic: Wall Street's View on United States v. Microsoft
2:15-3:30 PANEL DISCUSSION ON LEGAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF UNITED STATES V. MICROSOFT ON THE APPLICATION OF ANTITRUST IN SOFTWARE AND OTHER NETWORK INDUSTRIES
Chair: Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, NYU
Panelists:
Nicholas Economides, Stern School of Business, NYU
Harry First, NYU School of Law (to be confirmed)
Daniel Rubinfeld, University of California, Berkeley
Charles Rule
, Covington and Burling
3:30 REFRESHMENTS

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