Last major filings in Microsoft hearing
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In a move that brings the 4-year-old antitrust case against Microsoft closer to resolution, the software giant and state trustbusters delivered Monday their last major legal filings in a hearing designed to determine remedies in the case. Both sides filed proposed "findings of fact" and "conclusions of law" with U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who is charged with crafting a remedy to Microsoft's antitrust violations. Kollar-Kotelly will draft her own version of the same documents for her ruling, which is expected as soon as late summer.
"The non-settling states paraded before the Court 13 self-interested representatives of Microsoft's competitors, many of whom have been working with the non-settling states behind the scenes for several years," Microsoft charged in its 546-page filing. "These competitors seek to use this remedy proceeding to obstruct Microsoft's ability to compete and to secure various competitive advantages for themselves at Microsoft's expense."