Corporate & Securities Law

Antitrust: Commission takes note of Microsofts announcement on interoperability principles
The European Commission takes note of today’s announcement by Microsoft of its intention to commit to a number of principles in order to promote interoperability with some of its high market share software products...

Microsoft, Sun Cooperate On Virtualization In Interoperability Center
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 11, 2008. Microsoft, Sun Cooperate On Virtualization In Interoperability Center"The center will be used to design and test interoperability between Windows Server 2008 and Sun's Sun Fire x64 systems and storage...

Red Hat and Microsoft Sign Virtualization Interoperability Pact With No Patent Junk
This is huge! Microsoft and Red Hat have signed a *patent-free* virtualization interoperability pact. Here's Red Hat's press release and some analysis by Matt Asay here. Congratulations to Red Hat for refusing to buckle on this vital matter, and to Red Hat Legal for working out the details, and a tip of the hat to Microsoft, for facing reality and doing the right thing...

Did Microsoft Delete Some Windows Interoperability Documents
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 24, 2008. Microsoft Deleted Windows Interoperability Documents, Feds Say"The court-mandated committee overseeing Microsoft's compliance with a federal antitrust settlement said the software company broke a pact when it removed some information".

More Microsoft Woes
The EU has been remarkably persistent in going after Microsoft for what the EU sees as anti-competitive and antitrust issues. Last year the EU had its earlier antitrust case upheld...

Microsoft: Open For Business
Microsoft announced today that it is embracing certain interoperability principles in connection with its bread-and-butter products such as Windows Vista including the .NET Framework, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Office 2007...

Microsoft
Settles with Arizona for $4.4 Million

Mississippi Antitrust
Costs Microsoft $100 Million

Microsoft Corp.
allegedly failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribers.

Windows Software
Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.

Microsoft Spam
Richter pays $7 million settlement in deceptive email lawsuit.

Internet Gambling
Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo pay $31.5 million settlement for advertising and promoting illegal gambling sites online.