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Microsoft's $1bn Settlement With Consumers
News They will have a four-month period, beginning when the judge approves the settlement, to claim the vouchers, which can be used for laptop, desktop or tablet computers and related software from Microsoft or other companies.
[January 11, 2003, 8:15]
Lawyers For Microsoft, Apple Face Off
News Burt described the settlement proposal, which would establish an independent foundation to help needy schools, as "very fair and even generous". For weeks, critics have battered the software titan for a controversial settlement that would give $1bn...
[December 11, 2001, 8:43]
News Roundup: Napster Facing The Music
News Its first attempt -- offering them a $1bn settlement over five years -- was dismissed as a headline-grabbing PR stunt. Napster has made several attempts to reach a settlement with the major record labels.
[March 6, 2001, 15:02]
Microsoft Releases Details Of New Settlement
News Microsoft once again may have snatched a victory at the settlement table that it might not have been able to achieve in the courtroom. The private lawsuits are unaffected by the government settlement," said Bob Lande, an antitrust professor with...
[November 21, 2001, 8:51]
Microsoft $1bn Schools Offer 'would Inflict Great Harm'
News Microsoft's proposed settlement for more than 100 outstanding private antitrust cases against it would inflict "great harm" upon the technology markets, said the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) in a letter to the judge...
[November 27, 2001, 12:35]
Apple Calls For Microsoft To Pay Cash For Settlement
News Jobs' statement came one day before Apple plans to file a supplemental legal brief further contesting the legitimacy of the proposed settlement of the suits. We think a far better settlement is for Microsoft to give their proposed $1 billion -- in...
[December 7, 2001, 10:58]
Judge Throws Out MS School Deal
News A federal judge in Baltimore on Friday rejected a controversial settlement that would have ended more than 100 private class-action lawsuits against Microsoft. The judge concluded that the level of funding for the schools and for a private...
[January 14, 2002, 8:40]
HMRC Still Owed Millions By EDS
News In a settlement EDS agreed to pay £71.25m to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) due to problems with the tax-credit computer system it designed. EDS agreed it would pay £26.5m of the settlement when it was awarded new contracts by the government, but a...
[February 6, 2008, 9:40]
Apple Joins Critics Of Microsoft Deal
News Apple Computer on Tuesday joined a chorus of critics attacking a proposed settlement that would let Microsoft give schools up to $1bn in free software, training and services. Given this, we're baffled that a settlement imposed against Microsoft for...
[November 28, 2001, 9:55]
Sun And Kodak Settle Out Of Court
News The settlement, announced on Thursday, comes less than a week after a jury in US District Court in western New York ruled in Kodak's favour over accusations that Java violated three Kodak patents. The settlement assures customers worldwide that Sun...
[October 8, 2004, 9:45]
Microsoft Sets Dividend, Splits Stock
News In the year-ago quarter, the company took a $660m charge for another $1bn settlement rejected by a federal judge. Microsoft took a $210m charge to cover an estimated $1.1bn settlement of consumer class-action lawsuits in California.
[January 17, 2003, 8:14]
Gates, Ballmer May Testify At Hearing
News Microsoft's worst-case scenario: Kollar-Kotelly rejects the settlement proposal and imposes some form of the harsher remedy demanded by the litigating states. If the 30,000 comments received by the Justice Department about the settlement are a...
[February 11, 2002, 9:03]
Gates: Win2000 'dramatically More Reliable'
News We are hopeful that we can reach a settlement but in terms of the specifics, we are keeping that confidential. Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates predicted the long-awaited operating system Windows 2000, due to be launched on Thursday, would be...
[February 17, 2000, 15:39]
Microsoft Coughs Up To Settle Another Legal Saga
News Microsoft ended another long-standing legal dispute on Monday, announcing a $440m (£241m) settlement and licensing deal with InterTrust Technologies, which markets digital rights management tools. The settlement marks the end of the nearly 3-year...
[April 13, 2004, 8:25]
SCO Sets Monday Deadline For IBM
News The two companies have discussed settlement, but those talks haven't been fruitful, Stowell said. Barring any settlement by the end of Friday, 13 June, "you should expect on (June) 16th, we will be taking appropriate steps to enforce the contract...
[June 13, 2003, 7:59]
Rivals Come Up Short In Decision
News The weak steps that Microsoft has taken to comply with the requirements already show that the settlement will be ineffective in curbing Microsoft's monopolistic and anti-competitive practices," Sun's Special Counsel Michael Morris said in a...
[November 4, 2002, 7:51]
Media Player Row: Will The EU Read Between The Lines?
News While Microsoft's antitrust dust is settling in the United States, EU regulators are still in a pre-settlement phase, trying to determine what remedies, if any, to Microsoft's alleged monopolistic practices should be ordered.
[January 7, 2004, 11:45]
Sun Makes $2bn Pact With Microsoft
News For Microsoft, the deal with Sun is the latest settlement it has struck with a key rival. McNealy and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer are expected to provide further details on both the legal settlement and technical collaboration at a press conference...
[April 2, 2004, 15:20]
IBM Adopts Fighting Talk Over SCO Unix Suit
News SCO's likely strategy is to "start up at the top and take out the biggest defendant out there -- IBM in this case -- hope it gets a quick settlement, and use that money to get a settlement with smaller companies down the line," Ferguson said.
[March 10, 2003, 8:21]
MasterCard Accused Of Online Fraud
News Paycom's lawsuit comes on the heels of a $1bn settlement MasterCard reached earlier this month with Wal-Mart and Sears, Roebuck over allegations the credit card giant added excessive fees to debit card transactions.
[May 14, 2003, 9:08]
