Bloomberg Law
Sept. 9, 2019, 11:36 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: Microsoft Top Lawyer Calls Treatment of Huawei ‘Un-American’

Rick Mitchell
Rick Mitchell
Freelance Correspondent
  • Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith criticized the Trump Administration’s treatment of Chinese telecom equipment company Huawei, a key customer for Microsoft Windows operating system. The administration, declaring Huawei a national security threat, has blocked it from buying products and services from American companies and plans to add it to an export blacklist. Smith said the actions lack a “sound basis in fact, logic, and the rule of law.” (Bloomberg Businessweek)

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is getting back top antitrust lawyer Andrew Finch, who recently left the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, where he ...

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