Judge OKs findings in Microsoft lawsuits
C|Net | at | by Mike
U.S. District Judge Frederick Motz has signaled that antitrust plaintiffs who filed recent private lawsuits against the software giant might be able to use findings from the government's earlier case, according to published reports.
Microsoft, however, said that many of the facts determined by Jackson were voided by the appeals court ruling when it narrowed the company's antitrust liability. "The question is how and to what extent it is proper to extend the findings of the DOJ case to cases brought by other parties, covering different markets, different claims, different time periods," said Jim Desler, a Microsoft spokesman.
Motz did not set a date for when he would rule on the motion. While the trial for the class-action suits is set for sometime in April, no dates have been set for the software makers' lawsuits.