[14] in Resnet-Forum
About "Antitrust Concerns "
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gregory A Jackson)
Fri Oct 29 15:49:59 1993
To: nschmidt@MIT.EDU
Cc: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
From: Gregory A Jackson <gjackson@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 29 Oct 93 15:04:51 -0400.
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 15:20:34 EDT
MIT, of course, did not sign a consent decree, arguing that sharing
such as Ivy Leaguers forswore was in the national interest. The lower
court said, in effect, that trust was trust, and the national interest
was irrelevant. The appeals court has said that the lower court had to
consider national interest, and whether it was better served by
permitting or forbidding price-info sharing among universities. It's
not clear whether the Government will appeal that ruling.
In general, the consent decree and lower-court ruling were aimed at
collaboration around the price to be charged *a particular student*,
and so the kinds of stuff we've been sharing aren't a problem. But
this is a quirky point in the process, so caution probably makes
sense.
And it's not clear what effect MIT's apparent victory has on the
institutions that signed a more restrictive consent decree -- they may
still be bound not to share even though that;'s now okay for the rest
of us.
gj
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