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Oracle and Justice Department look to June trial
News Oracle and the US Department of Justice are seeking a trial date of 21 June, in the closely watched antitrust case over Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft, according to papers filed on Monday in the US District Court of Northern California.
[March 10, 2004, 10:30]
US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers
News The US Department of Justice is prepared to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates, a top government official said on Tuesday. There does have to be some kind of a public message that stealing is stealing is stealing," said Malcolm, who oversees...
[August 21, 2002, 7:51]
US Justice Department eyes online video efforts
News The Justice Department has begun investigating two joint ventures run by major movie studios that plan to provide video-on-demand over the Web, sources familiar with the action said Friday. The process that is under way with the Department of...
[December 24, 2001, 11:20]
LogiXML Case Study: North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
White Papers The North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is responsible for promoting public safety and juvenile delinquency prevention, intervention, and treatment through the operation of a seamless, comprehensive juvenile...
[November 8, 2008, 0:01]
US Justice Department OKs BT's MCI buyout
News Department of Justice announced on Monday it has conditionally approved British Telecommunications PLC's $20 billion-plus buyout of MCI Communications Corp.the largest takeover of a U.S.based company by a foreign concern.
[July 8, 1997, 15:43]
US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers
Talkback File Swapping/Sharing should be legal. What's next, is the RIAA going to install microchips into our radios to find out who is recording music off of the radio onto cassette tapes? It's ridiculous. If I buy someones CD and I want to send a friend a...
[February 28, 2004, 17:36]
Carnivore cleared by Department of Justice
News While the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute (Iitri) review team confirmed that the software program can snoop on email communications in a manner limited by a court order, it voiced concern over the lack of any method of assuring...
[November 22, 2000, 16:12]
PeopleSoft ruling inches closer
News Oracle has met a US Department of Justice request related to its multibillion-dollar buyout bid for PeopleSoft, clearing the way for a much-anticipated ruling on whether the deal is anticompetitive. Earlier this week, we certified our substantial...
[December 22, 2003, 9:05]
US mulls antitrust challenge to Google-Yahoo deal
News The US Department of Justice has reportedly hired a well-known antitrust litigator for a possible court challenge to a planned advertising deal between Google and Yahoo. Also this week, the US Association of National Advertisers sent a letter to...
[September 9, 2008, 11:47]
Justice Dept ends scrutiny of record labels
News After more than two years of quiet investigation, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday that it is closing its antitrust scrutiny of the major record labels' online activities, without filing charges.
[December 24, 2003, 7:55]
Judge orders Microsoft broken in two
News US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled Wednesday that Microsoft should be split into two companies, closely following a US Department of Justice recommendation. At a hearing two weeks ago, Jackson invited the US Department of Justice and...
[June 8, 2000, 8:51]
US Report: DoJ disputes senators over Microsoft
News Justice Department denied charges by three United States senators that it had divulged confidential information to foreign governments or encouraged them to take or threaten legal action against Microsoft.
[July 16, 1998, 10:14]
Justice staff shoot down Oracle bid
News Antitrust division lawyers at the US Justice Department are recommending that the department file suit to block Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft, indicating that Oracle may face a serious setback in its embattled bid for its rival.
[February 11, 2004, 7:20]
E-gold execs plead guilty in money-laundering case
News The executives in charge of online payment system E-gold have pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday. According to the Department of Justice, the E-gold operation was attractive to criminals because...
[July 23, 2008, 14:19]
Oracle's Sun buy gets US green light
News Oracle said on Thursday that the US Department of Justice has approved its plan to buy Sun. Oracle declined to comment beyond a statement confirming the Justice Department's move. The Department of Justice had said in June it needed more time to...
[August 21, 2009, 8:24]
Oracle exec's words come back to haunt him
News In its 17-page lawsuit against Oracle on Thursday, the US Justice Department's lawyers tried to hoist Oracle by its own petard -- using the words of co-president Charles Phillips. The Justice Department observed: "For example, in 2002, when Charles...
[February 27, 2004, 11:15]
Oracle's bid opposed by Justice Dept
News US Department of Justice officials on Thursday filed a lawsuit to block Oracle's hostile $9.4bn (£5.06bn) takeover bid for PeopleSoft, but Oracle vowed to challenge the move. The Justice Department on Thursday filed a 17-page civil antitrust...
[February 27, 2004, 11:25]
Adobe's Macromedia deal to be probed
News The Justice Department apparently is taking a closer look at the competitive landscape for multimedia content tools. Even if Justice Department officials challenge a merger, as in the case of the Oracle-PeopleSoft deal, it does not necessarily kill...
[July 12, 2005, 10:10]
Two years added to Microsoft's US antitrust deal
News The Justice Department is seeking to extend the term of its landmark antitrust settlement with Microsoft by two years, blaming Microsoft's slowness in providing technical documentation to rivals. In a statement released on Friday, the Justice...
[May 15, 2006, 9:50]
Apple escapes charges in US stock-options probe
News The US Department of Justice has ended its two-year criminal probe into backdated stock options at Apple and has decided not to file charges against current and former executives, including chief executive Steve Jobs, according to a report on...
[July 11, 2008, 10:42]
