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Intel accused of bribery in antitrust lawsuit
News New York attorney general Andrew M Cuomo filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Intel that accuses it of paying computer makers rebates to illegally maintain its monopoly power, the newest among several such attacks that have dogged...
[November 5, 2009, 8:16]
Intel: GPU antitrust lawsuit is 'misguided'
News Intel has responded to a graphics chip antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission, calling the action "misguided" and ill-researched. Nvidia's chief executive, Jen Hsun Huang, welcomed the FTC's lawsuit, saying it had the potential...
[December 17, 2009, 11:29]
US Report: Microsoft quotes Netscape to attack antitrust lawsuit
News Microsoft attacked the government for "last-minute allegations that were not part" of the May 1998 antitrust lawsuit. Microsoft attorneys leaned heavily on much previous case law which has voided antitrust proceedings when defendants have shown a...
[September 9, 1998, 10:58]
Intel hit with federal antitrust lawsuit in US
Blog Intel is being sued in the United States for breaking federal and New York state antitrust laws. Apart from the US and EU cases, Intel was also found guilty of antitrust and fined accordingly by South Korea in 2008.
[November 4, 2009, 18:20]
Intel faces new FTC antitrust lawsuit
News The US Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday that it is suing Intel, alleging that the chipmaker has "waged a systematic campaign to shut out rivals' competing microchips". In addition, the FTC is looking to shape the future of the graphics...
[December 17, 2009, 7:15]
Sun slaps Microsoft with $1bn lawsuit
News Sun Microsystems filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft on Friday seeking damages that could top $1bn (£700m) partly over the software giant's handling of Sun's Java software. Sun has been considering a private antitrust lawsuit for...
[March 8, 2002, 18:13]
Key Intel exec email lost in AMD case
News Despite an antitrust lawsuit against the company, Intel's chief executive and chairman failed to preserve email and documents, according to transcripts from a hearing in the suit brought by AMD. Paul Otellini, Intel's chief executive, Craig Barrett...
[March 13, 2007, 8:40]
US Report: DoJ widens Microsoft probe
News The sources said investigators are gathering information about the company's business practices in order to lay the groundwork for another antitrust lawsuit against the software maker. In the antitrust lawsuit, slated to go to trial next month, the...
[July 28, 1998, 11:31]
Oracle's bid opposed by Justice Dept
News The Justice Department on Thursday filed a 17-page civil antitrust lawsuit in US District Court in San Francisco to block the proposed acquisition. US Department of Justice officials on Thursday filed a lawsuit to block Oracle's hostile $9.4bn...
[February 27, 2004, 11:25]
Experts: Java lawsuit could be tough to win
News Sun filed the private antitrust lawsuit with a California federal court on Friday, seeking damages that could exceed $1bn. Legal experts describe Sun Microsystems' lawsuit against Microsoft as very aggressive and expansive, going well beyond...
[March 11, 2002, 14:57]
Lawsuit targets Microsoft and the DoJ
News A nonprofit antitrust group filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging the Justice Department and Microsoft violated federal law by not properly disclosing all information and communications related to settlement negotiations.
[January 25, 2002, 9:46]
Microsoft fires back at Sun in Java case
News Microsoft's counterclaims come as part of the company's defence of a private antitrust lawsuit brought by Sun that is taking place before US District Judge J. In a court filing, the software giant asked a judge for attorney's fees and damages to...
[February 24, 2003, 8:10]
ICANN asks court to reject VeriSign's case
News A not-for-profit organisation with the task of overseeing Internet addresses and domain names has taken the first step in responding to an antitrust and breach of contract lawsuit that VeriSign filed in February.
[April 7, 2004, 13:50]
A Year Ago: DoJ widens Microsoft probe
News The sources said investigators are gathering information about the company's business practices in order to lay the groundwork for another antitrust lawsuit against the software maker. In the antitrust lawsuit, slated to go to trial next month, the...
[July 28, 1999, 6:12]
Netscape hits Microsoft with lawsuit
News The lawsuit is based on previous court findings that Microsoft's business practices amid the infamous browser wars of the 1990s violated two sections of the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act. Netscape's lawsuit is a logical extension of the findings...
[January 23, 2002, 8:44]
Justice Dept: Why Oracle won't win
News The government's lawsuit, filed in mid-February, argues that such a deal would be anticompetitive and violate antitrust laws. In 1998, the government filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft when Joel Klein was running the antitrust department.
[March 9, 2004, 10:45]
Oracle puts off lawsuit
News Oracle has postponed a hearing on its lawsuit against PeopleSoft, the company said on Tuesday, a day after federal antitrust regulators requested additional information to review the database maker's hostile takeover bid for its competitor.
[July 2, 2003, 7:41]
Intel hits back over AMD lawsuit
News Intel was able to stare down an antitrust lawsuit Intergraph filed against the chipmaking giant back in 2000. Meanwhile, AMD began running full-page ads in newspapers today to outline the reasons for its antitrust lawsuit and to issue a call to...
[June 30, 2005, 9:35]
The remedy that wasn't such a bitter pill
News The lawsuit would "put an end to Microsoft's unlawful campaign to eliminate competition, deter innovation and restrict consumer choice," then-Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein promised. An ambitious beginning to the lawsuit was sharply limited...
[March 24, 2004, 15:45]
Microsoft on 'Open Windows': Baloney!
News Rather, Gates was quoted as saying that Microsoft was ready to compromise on a key issue and settle its antitrust lawsuit with the government. In an interview with Bloomberg Television on Thursday, Gates was quoted as saying the software giant...
[February 18, 2000, 10:47]
