Microsoft foes urge action

 

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The latest legal wranglings focus on comments made by the trial judge, while Microsoft's rivals hire the former Whitewater prosecutor to help out.

Government urges court to uphold split update The Justice Department and 19 states issue a legal brief urging an appeals court to uphold an earlier decision to split the software giant. Microsoft rivals hire Ken Starr update An industry trade group representing rivals of Microsoft hires the former Whitewater prosecutor to help support the government in the antitrust case against the software giant. Government faces fresh challenges in appeal Antitrust lawyers and academics agree that the government's case against the software giant is weakened, if for no other reason than out-of-courtroom comments made by the trial judge.