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cblr-2998	Bates, John D.	Customer Testimony of Anticompetitive Effects in Merger Litigation	2005	14	.pdf	application/pdf	4292	169	52	We can also bracket for later discussion, and I imagine we may hear something on it today, why subjective customer evidence regarding anticompetitive effects is-if Arch Coal and Oracle are any indication-playing a more prominent role in merger litigation. For now, I close with the observation that customer evidence, often highly subjective and not buttressed by rational experience or demonstrable expertise, is unlikely to prove persuasive to federal judges in establishing likely anticompetitive effects.	cache/cblr-2998.pdf	txt/cblr-2998.txt