Microsoft's $1 million question
The legal dispute between the Justice Department and Microsoft takes a critical turn as both parties settle on a major issue stalling their high-profile antitrust case.
After more than two months of dueling briefs, filings, and press releases, the legal dispute between the Justice Department and Microsoft takes a critical turn. Both parties are caught in the latest wrinkle stalling their high-profile antitrust dispute: whether the company is in contempt of court and should be fined $1 million per day for not following the judge's order to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows 95.
| Latest developments | |
| • | MS, DOJ filings bolster positions |
| • | Lessig insists on impartiality |
| • | Lessig's declaration to the court |
| • | Microsoft revises deals in Europe |
| Microsoft backlash | |
| • | Judge miffed at Microsoft over OS |
| • | MS appeals Lessig ruling |
| • | SPA to meet over antitrust |
| • | MS hardball backfires, analysts say |
| • | Back to drawing board in Redmond? |
| • | Judge won't remove special master |
| Contempt hearing begins | |
| • | Klein: DOJ action is "essential" |
| • | Judge, MS differ on terms of compliance |
| • | Microsoft inspected in Japan |
| • | Contempt hearing looms |
| Previous coverage | |
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Microsoft case in court U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson has dealt Microsoft a legal setback in the first round of the Justice 
Department's historic antitrust suit against the software giant. The company argued against the DOJ's and the court's every move, including the appointment of a special master to investigate the case, only to soften its public stance later. |