Antitrust Law
O’Melveny Lawyer Sounds Wistful After Settlement Scuttles Big Case Against Intel
Posted Nov 13, 2009, 12:17 pm CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
The lead lawyer in what was supposed to have been a huge antitrust case against Intel has mixed feelings about the $1.25 billion settlement that will end the suit.
O’Melveny & Myers partner Chuck Diamond sounded a little wistful in an interview, according to Wall Street Journal Digits blog. “The client is elated,” Diamond told the publication. On the other hand, “I’m a trial lawyer; any settlement is somewhat bittersweet.”
In preparation for the case, the parties had deposed 309 witnesses and had exchanged four trillion bytes of data, the story says. The settlement covers both antitrust and patent claims between AMD and Intel. But it does not end Intel’s antitrust… Continue reading...
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