U.S.: Microsoft Settlement Is Best It Can Get
Reuters | at | by Mike
A lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department said the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O should cease, telling a federal judge on Wednesday that the proposed settlement went beyond what could probably be achieved by further litigation. Attorneys for Microsoft and the federal government are seeking to persuade U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that their settlement is in the public interest despite objections from nine states seeking harsher sanctions. The settlement terms "go beyond those that we would likely have obtained had we litigated," said Justice Department attorney Philip Beck of the nearly four-year-old case.