ACT Files Friend of the Court Brief in the Microsoft Antitrust Case
The legal brief’s bottom line: tech competition is working and the DOJ’s case is bad for consumers and the high-tech economy (see press release.)
Following Judge Jackson’s invitation for the parties in the suit to each designate an amicus to file a “friend of the Court” brief, ACT petitioned Microsoft to be their amicus on behalf of the IT industry. Microsoft designated ACT, and the IT trade association then worked with the renowned law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering to compose the brief.
ACT filed its brief on behalf of about 9,000 IT businesses involved in all aspects of the tech sector from software and hardware development, to technology trainers, resellers and consultants, to Internet companies.
While Microsoft is a proud member of ACT, given they are a party to the case, funds were raised specifically for the assembly of this brief from among ACT members. Among the major sponsors are: Corporate Software and Technology, Norwood, MA; Clarity Consulting, Chicago, IL; Sax Software, Eugene, OR; and ComponentSource, Atlanta, GA.
