Article: Microsoft, Justice Department to Defend Antitrust Settlement.

By Les Blumenthal, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 6--WASHINGTON--With Bill Gates waiting in the wings, Microsoft and the Justice Department will be back in court today to begin what could be more than a month of hearings on their antitrust settlement.

Since it was announced in November, the proposed settlement has faced withering criticism from Microsoft's critics, who argue it would do little to rein in the company's dominance of the software industry.

Nine of the 18 states that along with the Justice Department originally brought the lawsuit have refused to join the settlement, calling it weak and ...

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