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Analysts get hints of progress in Microsoft lawsuit talks

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Microsoft Corp is making progress in the settlement of its landmark antitrust case with the US governement, according to a report by Goldman Sachs financial analyst Rick Sherlund. Sherlund's research note was based on an analysts' meeting with Microsoft's new CFO, John Connors. Any progress in the talks would be noteworthy, and some experts say that Microsoft is being motivated to settle with the government within March 2000 before a likely ruling is issued that it has broken antitrust laws. Such a ruling could be used by plaintiffs in class action lawsuits the giant.

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Microsoft split ordered: appeal could go directly to Supreme Court

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Microsoft Corp's appeal of its antitrust case, which resulted in the order by US District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to split the software maker in two, might go directly to the US Supreme Court. Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein said that the US Justice Dept will seek to have the appeal reviewed immediately by the High Court so that the case could be ended in a matter of months instead of the usual year-long delay that the normal appeals process will entail.

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Microsoft awaits a new hand

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Microsoft Corp executives are looking forward to appealing its anti-trust case to either the Washington DC Circuit Court of Appeals or the US Supreme Court. The company believes that the case, which resulted in a ruling by federal judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to split the software maker in two, will receive a fairer hearing in the higher courts. The full appeals process is expected to last from one to two years depending on the route it will take.

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