Microsoft, DOJ tweak settlement terms
C|Net | at | by Mike
In expected legal filings, the Justice Department and Microsoft on Wednesday night rebuffed some of the stiffest critics of their landmark antitrust settlement. They also had some concessions to offer, as the software titan and the Justice Department, as previously reported, for the second time made minor modifications to their early November settlement deal. The first set of modifications allowed nine of 18 states to join the settlement. Nine other states and the District of Columbia rejected the deal, choosing to continue on with the litigation.
The settlement modifications, some addressing issues the litigating states raised, and a legal brief filed Wednesday asking U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to dismiss the states' claims, appear to be part of a strategy to put an end to the case with the settlement, say legal experts.