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Article: Settlement talks heating up in Microsoft antitrust case, reports say.(Company Business and Marketing)
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- March 27, 2000
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The antitrust case that has pitted the government against Microsoft over the past year and a half may finally be coming to a head, according to several sources.
Today reports surfaced that state settlement talks between Microsoft and the Department of Justice may be nearing an end and that a break-up of the company, considered the most severe of penalties, is not being considered.
Spokesmen for both sides would not comment on the reports, calling them premature and an attempt to grab attention.
"There have been strong rumors that this case would reach a conclusion by the end of this month," says Hillard Sterling, a senior litigator with Chicago ...