Legal Research

Yahoo Gives In to Microsoft, Gives Up on Search
Microsoft and Yahoo have signed a ten year deal to become search partners. An article in the July 29th BusinessWeek asserts that while Yahoo will handle ad sales, Microsoft will get the real prize which is "data on who is...

Microsoft and Yahoo Search Alliance Coming Late Summer
As you may know by now Yahoo and Microsoft have formed a search alliance.  Basically, Microsoft’s technology will be used for paid and natural search results.  Yahoo will add on its own layer of technology / design to the results...

Microsoft/Yahoo Deal - Time To Cash In
TechCrunch.com has a great article about the details of the new Microsoft bid for Yahoo. I’m not going to repeat the whole article but, essentially, i) MSN’s search technology will power Yahoo; ii) MSN will pay Yahoo a premium for their CPC space; iii) MSN only buys 16% of Yahoo’s stock...

Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid For Yahoo!
This just in:  Microsoft withdrew its most recent bid for Yahoo and announced it will not be making a hostile move for Yahoo.  This comes on the heels of the announcement a mere day ago that Yahoo and Microsoft were sitting down to try to hammer out a friendly deal...

Yahoo! and Microsoft Continue their "Talks"
Yahoo! and Microsoft are getting closer but the sniping continues. Yahoo! seems reconciled to the idea of becoming a Microsoft property as long as the price is right. So far, the Yahoo! board seems to think it's not...

Google Search Share Up, Microsoft and Yahoo! Squabble
Google's share of search is just about 70% according to the latest figures from Hitwise. Yahoo! and Microsoft dropped fractions of a percent to 19.62 and 5.46 respectively. That cash bribe rebate program announced a while back for Live Search...

Microsoft - Yahoo Search Deal
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol By now everyone has heard about the Microsoft-Yahoo 10 year search partnership. This looks like a very good strategic move for both companies, which face the Google juggernaut...

Is Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Dead
Maybe the Microsoft-Yahoo merger is over. Microsoft reportedly has a list of nominees for the Yahoo board in the event it decides to go forward with a hostile takeover, and this Saturday is the date Microsoft previously gave Yahoo to...

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

Microsoft
Settles with Arizona for $4.4 Million

Mississippi Antitrust
Costs Microsoft $100 Million

Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000
Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000

Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million
Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million

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