Judge Stays Out of Microsoft, AOL Tiff
Reuters | at | by Mike
The federal judge overseeing the government antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. has declined to get immediately involved in a dispute between the software giant and rival AOL Time Warner Inc. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said in an order issued late Thursday that the issues are narrow enough to be resolved without her intervention. She nevertheless ordered that AOL report to her Monday morning if there is still no agreement. Microsoft and AOL traded legal jabs on Thursday, with the software giant claiming AOL hasn't fully revealed how it has aided the nine states seeking tougher sanctions against Microsoft for violations of antitrust law.