{"id":4776,"date":"2004-03-31T22:59:27","date_gmt":"2004-04-01T02:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/03\/31\/antitrust-lawyers-fear-outsou"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:54","slug":"antitrust-lawyers-fear-outsourcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/03\/31\/antitrust-lawyers-fear-outsourcing\/","title":{"rendered":"Antitrust Lawyers Fear Outsourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a1141'><\/a><\/p>\n<p><P><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">The <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>American Antitrust Institute<\/STRONG><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;has a <A href=\"http:\/\/www.antitrustinstitute.org\/\">preview<\/A> tonight of a&nbsp;<EM>Wall Street Journal <\/EM>report on the reaction of the antitrust community to the outsourcing of&nbsp;its legal and economic services. &nbsp;(<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" color=\"#000099\" size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.antitrustinstitute.org\/recent2\/wsj.gif\"><EM>WSJ reports: Antitrust Community Terrified of Outsourcing: Economists, Attorneys Looking to U.S. for Protection<\/EM>.<\/A>, <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">April 1, 2004).<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/prayinghands.jpg\" alt=\"praying hands\" \/>&nbsp; The exclusive story is appearing on the day of the Spring ABA Antitrust Section <A href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/antitrust\/programs\/mtgspring2004.html\">meeting<\/A> in Washington, D.C.&nbsp; The article explains that a coalition called Americans for Keeping Antitrust American is being formed, with the motto &#8220;Cutthroat Competition Won&#8217;t Fly in a Free Country.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; The <EM>WSJ <\/EM>report gives gruesome details of current and planned outsourcing, along with quotes from key figures in the antitrust community.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Editor&#8217;s Note:&nbsp; The antitrust crowd has always been pro-free-trade, including outsourcing, <EM>until<\/EM> the trend came home to roost in their nests.&nbsp; I guess it depends whose Outsourcing Ox is being gored.&nbsp; How <EM>foolish<\/EM> of me to expect principled consistency.<\/FONT><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"red\"><EM><STRONG>Update<\/STRONG><\/EM> (04-02-04)<\/FONT>:&nbsp; Like one of my <A href=\"http:\/\/civpro.blogs.com\/civil_procedure\/2004\/04\/i_knew_it_all_a.html\">favorite<\/A> weblawgers, I feel the need today to remind visitors that I <EM>knew <\/EM>the <EM>WSJ <\/EM>article &#8220;previewed&#8221; at <A href=\"http:\/\/www.antitrustinstitute.org\/\">AAI&#8217;s website<\/A>, and discussed above,&nbsp;was a <STRONG>spoof<\/STRONG>.&nbsp; You <EM>did<\/EM> notice that I highlighted the word &#8220;foolish&#8221; in my Editor&#8217;s Note, didn&#8217;t you?&nbsp; Hats off to Bert Foer and the aai gang for a classic, well-crafted&nbsp;April Fool&#8217;s prank. 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