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DoJ filing hits MS on four counts
News The DoJ concludes that Microsoft violated section 2 of the Sherman Act through conduct that "was anticompetitive considered as a whole. Department of Justice said Microsoft violated the Sherman Act in at least four ways.
[December 7, 1999, 8:58]
DoJ to seek charges against Microsoft
News The Justice Department and 19 states are expected to jointly ask the federal judge in the Microsoft trial to find two violations of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, for illegally protecting and extending the Windows software monopoly, and a third...
[December 6, 1999, 14:35]
Rambus victorious in US gov't antitrust case
News The US Supreme Court handed chip designer Rambus a victory on Monday, when it refused to hear an appeal by the US Federal Trade Commission that alleged the company violated antitrust laws under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
[February 24, 2009, 11:25]
US Report: Microsoft asks appeals court for help on Windows 98
News Such new actions under the Sherman antitrust act may be filed in a matter of days. The Sherman act is aimed at preventing monopolies from unfair competition practices. The motion filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday would have no effect on...
[May 7, 1998, 11:34]
Hurdles lie ahead for Microsoft
News They have been found by the full panel of the DC Court of Appeals to have illegally maintained their monopoly in violation of the Sherman Act. The appeals court on Thursday decided on four issues: whether Microsoft violated Section 2 of the Sherman...
[July 2, 2001, 8:50]
US Report: Judge denies Microsoft request for private depositions
News Though Microsoft attorney John Warden conceded that the 1913 Publicity in Taking of Evidence Act was designed to compel open testimony in federal suits filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act, the act was meant to apply only to those depositions...
[August 13, 1998, 10:03]
2001: In the courts
News In late June, almost exactly a year after Jackson's original ruling, Microsoft won its appeal and dodged a break-up, but the charges over illegal monopoly practices, in contravention of the Sherman Act, stood.
[December 26, 2001, 6:31]
Judge dismisses antitrust charges against Intel
News The Sherman Antitrust Act does not convert all harsh commercial actions into antitrust violations," the court ruled at the time. Unilateral conduct that may adversely affect another's business situation, but is not intended to monopolise that...
[March 14, 2000, 11:13]
US Report: DoJ could threaten Windows 98 launch
News District Court suit - and the extent to which Microsoft's Java strategy is in violation of the Sherman Act; and I am confident, however, that the existing array of antitrust tools, including the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act, are adequate to the...
[April 7, 1998, 14:01]
Proof emerges of SCO's Microsoft link
News Helping SCO find funding may in fact advance Microsoft goals that are anticompetitive, but it isn't necessarily a basis for a lawsuit under the Sherman Antitrust Act, said Andy Gavil, an antitrust expert at the Howard University School of Law.
[March 12, 2004, 7:25]
US Justice Department ready to prosecute file-swappers
News I think they would think twice if they thought there was a risk of criminal prosecution," said Sherman, who was on the same conference panel. Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), said his industry would...
[August 21, 2002, 7:51]
U.S. vs. Microsoft: The case at a glance
News Sherman Antitrust Act: Passed in 1890, prohibits a monopoly or restraint of trade in interstate commerce. Clayton Act: Enacted in 1914 to amend the Sherman Antitrust Act to prohibit price-fixing conspiracies in interstate commerce.
[May 18, 1998, 17:05]
A Year Ago: US vs MS - the case at a glance
News Sherman Antitrust Act: Passed in 1890, prohibits a monopoly or restraint of trade in interstate commerce. Clayton Act: Enacted in 1914 to amend the Sherman Antitrust Act to prohibit price-fixing conspiracies in interstate commerce.
[May 18, 1999, 6:53]
Yahoo!, ISPs dig in against labels
News In a statement, RIAA President Cary Sherman had accused Verizon of playing "a legal shell game" to save itself money. The only thing Verizon is protecting is Verizon's own business interests," Sherman said.
[September 11, 2002, 8:30]
Microsoft on Trial: judge releases testimony to public
News Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson wrote the order to comply with provisions of the Publicity in Taking of Evidence Act of 1913, which requires that depositions taken in Sherman Antitrust Act cases be open to the public.
[April 9, 1999, 15:15]
Mac-clone maker Psystar to countersue Apple
News Miami-based Psystar, owned by Rudy Pedraza, will sue Apple under two federal laws designed to discourage monopolies and cartels, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act, saying Apple's tying of the Mac OS to Apple-labelled hardware...
[August 27, 2008, 8:17]
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. That settlement is undergoing review pursuant to the Tunney Act.
[January 23, 2002, 8:44]
Gates' gamble: One bluff too many?
News With the collapse of settlement talks with the government, US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled Monday that the software giant had "placed an oppressive thumb on the scale of competitive fortune," as it violated the Sherman Act.
[April 5, 2000, 8:41]
Microsoft petitions for browser rehearing
News In its 125-page ruling, the appeals court upheld eight separate claims that Microsoft violated the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act. While Microsoft had argued that combining Internet Explorer with Windows was a procompetitive act offering benefits to...
[July 19, 2001, 10:35]
DOJ, Microsoft close to antitrust deal
News In April 2000, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that Microsoft violated two sections of the 1890 Sherman Act. Should federal or state trustbusters reach a settlement with Microsoft, Kollar-Kotelly would have to review the agreement under the...
[November 1, 2001, 8:57]
