Word: lawsuits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...presents a challenge to prosecutors because it will moot the issue of Windows 95, which will be widely supplanted by the new version. With that in mind the government will soon have to decide whether to block the release of the new operating system as part of a broader lawsuit based on Sherman Antitrust Act violations. Such a case would be much harder to prove than the comparatively clear-cut issues surrounding the integration of features in Windows 95 -- and that case hasn't exactly been a stroll in the park...
Sword-wielding virtual warriors in the medieval world of Ultima Online have become real-life plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Origin Systems, creator of the popular Internet game. Fed up with service lags and other bugs, they charge Origin knew it couldn't deliver 24-hour real-time play but advertised it anyway. Their lawyer says it's time the computer-gaming industry quit hyping its wares; he wants Origin to drop its $10 monthly fee until the problems are fixed. The company won't comment but invites players to call its help line...
Known for his involvement in White House scandal management and recently for his defamation lawsuit against Internet author Matt Drudge, Blumenthal praised the Clinton administration for "progressive politics in office...
Dismissed Wednesday by a federal judge, Blumenthal explained that the 1996 Communications Act exempts Internet content providers from libel and defamation charges, forcing the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit...
...noted a recent lawsuit against a hospital in which a baby was released early without being tested for jaundice and eventually developed major complications...