U.S. urges Court to uphold Microsoft pact
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The U.S. government on Wednesday urged an appeals court to uphold its landmark antitrust settlement with Microsoft against an attempted challenge of the pact by two computer trade groups. The Justice Department asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to uphold a lower court ruling that the Computer & Communications Industry Association and the Software and Information Industry Association lacked legal standing to challenge the settlement. "The Microsoft settlement is in the public interest and the Department remains committed to actively enforcing its terms," Assistant Attorney General Hewitt Pate said in a statement.