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Despite protests from Microsoft Corp. that he is biased, Professor of Law L. Lawrence Lessig will continue as a special master in the U.S. government's anti-trust suit against the software giant, a Microsoft spokesperson said yesterday...
...Antitrust What if Microsoft is right, and jealous competitors have got the feds to unfairly gang up on the boys from Redmond...
...letter to Lessig filed with the court yesterday, Richard J. Urowsky, counsel to Microsoft, wrote, "It is difficult to see how you can in good conscience preside over further proceedings in this matter." Lessig may find that hard to argue...
...Microsoft is still pushing for the removal of Lawrence Lessig after the court-appointed fact-finder in the government's antitrust battle said he would not disqualify himself in the face of emails from Lessig that Microsoft says prove he has shown "extreme bias" against the company. Microsoft first filed for Lessig's dismissal on Dec. 23, alleging its concern "that Professor Lessig may have already formed views about Microsoft and the issues in this case." Justice scoffed, saying Monday that the allegations were "unfounded and overblown." Yesterday, Microsoft released copies of Lessig's E-mail in which he complains...
...would put up a solid 14-cents-per-share gain, was not amused, and Netscape stock sank to $18 5/16 in early afternoon trading. Company stock has lost over half its value since early October on fears that it will be the big loser in its browser war with Microsoft. With Microsoft's Internet Explorer gaining popularity, the investors just might be right. Of course, a federal judge in Washington could have something to say about that in a hearing next week to determine whether Microsoft should be fined $1 million a day for illegally tying its browser...