Judge Posner is a respected jurist who is regarded as an economic conservative, naturally suspicious of government intervention.
It was dismissed and on appeal to the Seventh Circuit, Judge Posner affirmed and had some fun, too.
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The issue, however, is not Judge Posner's legal and intellectual preferences.
Not mincing words, Judge Posner said the plaintiffs were tax cheats.
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Their preference for ending the Windows monopoly using a structural remedy that could be enforced without long-term and intrusive supervision, may also strike a chord with Judge Posner.
It could be argued that the high-profile case between Apple and Samsung that Judge Richard Posner refused to try this summer was just such a case.
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According to the Journal of Legal Studies, he was the second-most cited legal scholar of the 20th century after 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, a frequent sparring partner.
It is also quite possible that the Justice Department and Microsoft may talk settlement, which failed before the trial despite extraordinary efforts by Jackson and 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner .
Thus did Judge Richard Posner, in the recent Apple and Motorola case, deplore the misuse of patents governing smartphones and, in no uncertain terms, chastise both sides as he dismissed their respective claims.
One of the top legal authorities on patents, Federal Appeals Court Judge Richard A. Posner recently dismissed a major patent lawsuit between Apple and Motorola.
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Gary Becker, a Nobel-prize winning economist, and Richard Posner, a federal circuit judge and law professor, began a joint blog in 2004.
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