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The professional services sector providing expertise in law, including advice, document drafting and representation of individuals and organizations in legal matters, encompassing private law firms, in-house counsel and public legal institutions.
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Corporate law, compliance and regulatory work make the legal services industry a major service provider to the financial services industry.
The IBM antitrust case, filed in 1969 and withdrawn in 1982, is among the longest-running matters in U.S. antitrust legal history, alongside the Microsoft and Standard Oil cases already linked here.
A landmark antitrust case exemplifying the legal services industry's role adjudicating corporate conduct.
The 1911 Supreme Court breakup of Standard Oil is a founding landmark of American antitrust legal practice.
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1. Wikipedia, Legal Services
WikipediaLead sectionQuote, Lead section
A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, and represent individuals in legal matters.
1. Wikipedia, Legal Services
1. Wikipedia, Legal Services
Wikipedia, United States v. Microsoft Corp.
WikipediaAssociated With: Microsoft Antitrust Case, IntroductionQuote, Associated With: Microsoft Antitrust Case, Introduction
United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), was a landmark American antitrust law case.
Wikipedia, Standard Oil
WikipediaAssociated With: Standard Oil Antitrust Breakup, Monopoly charges and antitrust legislation sectionQuote, Associated With: Standard Oil Antitrust Breakup, Monopoly charges and antitrust legislation section
On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court upheld the lower court judgment and declared the Standard Oil group to be an 'unreasonable' monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act, Section II.
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