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...invitation to anarchy in the enforcement of antitrust law." Now, Microsoft is back where it was a year ago: "They dodged the bullet," saysTIME's Philip Elmer-DeWitt.In an interview with TIME last month, Elmer-DeWitt notes, an unworried Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said that only one serious lawsuit had ever surfaced in his firm's history: Apple Computer's unsuccessful claim that the Microsoft Windows operating system had too closely copied from the MacIntosh. Microsoft still faces afederal probe into its proposed on-line networkand agreements covering software patent infringement...
Sarah, "Diane" and the other Directorate operatives who organized the lawsuit spoke with TIME, using aliases unknown to the agency for fear of retaliation. They say neither money nor the remedial promotions will fix the more profound problems within the DO. The CIA also insists on retaining the right to deny women certain overseas assignments when Western notions of gender equality collide with what the agency believes to be the practical considerations of running spies in male-dominated societies. Says a male former DO official: "Female case officers can't drive cars in Saudi Arabia. In Latin America...
...other Trump news: Harry and Leona Helmsley are suing the Donald for $100 million. The Helmsleys, who lease the Empire State Building from Trump and his Japanese partners, say a lawsuit that Trump filed in February claiming the Helmsleys had mismanaged the landmark (key phrase: "rodent infestation") was an attempt to drive down rental rates and scare off tenants...
Last month, a French court awarded Jardine 150,000 francs, approximately $30,000, which is the highest amount Le Figaro has ever paid in a lawsuit, and ruled that the paper had acted improperly in falsely reporting her academic credentials. A similar suit by Suleiman was dismissed because a court bailiff failed to deliver Suleiman's court papers before the filing deadline...
...said he was "amazed" when he was told ofthe lawsuit, but declined to comment furtherwithout seeing the lawsuit...