Nader adds that, prior to embarking on his legal career, Posner started a consulting firm, called Lexecon, "that advised corporations how to defeat antitrust law enforcement and undermine regulatory actions." Nader's concerns, however, may have more to do with the mediation process itself than the choice of mediators. "Judge Posner's function is to move the government and Microsoft to a settlement. ... All in private, subject to his influence. How much better it would be to continue the open judicial process ... to an open judicial conclusion under the public's watchful eye," he said. Other trial watchers aren't quite so quick to place Posner firmly in the pro-Microsoft camp. They note that while Jackson is a conservative Reagan appointee, he issued strong findings of fact that found Microsoft to have abused its monopoly power.