[Am-info] States are hanging tough

[madodel@ptdprolog.net]

States Refuse To Sign Onto Microsoft Settlement
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171801.html

"State prosecutors in the Microsoft antitrust case refused Thursday to
sign on to a settlement
  between the company and the Justice Department that several legal
analysts and Microsoft
  rivals yesterday labeled a stunning triumph for the software giant. 

  After a tense day of discussions, Assistant U.S.
  Attorney General Charles James failed to
  persuade the coalition of attorneys general from
  17 states and the District of Columbia to sign on to
  the agreement, sources said. In a conference call
  Thursday afternoon, the state officials decided to
  ask U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to
  wait several days before accepting the agreement,
  which James is expected to present to the judge
  today in the form of a consent decree."

 

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