Word: contemptible
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
WASHINGTON: The legal tennis continues. The Justice Department fired back at Bill Gates Wednesday with a familiar request filed in D.C.'s U.S. District Court: Hold Microsoft in contempt, this time for evading the unbundling order. "Microsoft's naked attempt to defeat the purpose of the court order and to further its litigation strategy is an affront to the court's authority," the government asserted in papers. Trustbuster Joel Klein went on: "Microsoft has gone from tying its products to tying the hands of its vendors," he said. "The more Microsoft continues this practice, the more consumers are harmed...
Barking Back at Bill It's anti-trust thrust and parry as Justice fires off another contempt request. But behind the front lines, state AGs may be massing on their own. Full Story Take our Microsoft poll...
...matter before the court was whether Microsoft could be held in contempt for violating a consent decree entered in 1995," said William H. Neukom, Microsoft's senior vice president for law and corporate affairs said Monday. Jackson said no to that, and that was fine by Bill. But, Neukom adds, Jackson's court went too far when it ordered the unbundling of Internet Explorer from Windows 95 "on its own initiative" and "without giving Microsoft notice or an opportunity to defend itself." Graciously, Microsoft announced that it will comply with the disputed injunction while the appeal is heard...
...distribution operation. The advantages of this approach are that the case is decided by a judge, not a jury, and the government need not prove the club's proprietors acted with criminal intent. A club operator who persists in peddling pot could then face a fine or imprisonment for contempt of court...
Unfortunately, Washington (the snake pit) isn't following suit. Last week a phalanx of Microsoft executives flew into the nation's capital to face various strains of nasty music: delivering the company's response to the Justice Department's recent contempt action, withstanding two days of populist attack from Ralph Nader and girding for assaults by both the House and Senate judiciary committees. Where D.C. is concerned, as Microsoft is learning, receiving record amounts of Wall Street's love means learning ever more diplomatic ways to say you're sorry...