13 Aug 1999
Microsoft was this week expected to submit legal papers to Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson summarising the main points of its defence against the US Department of Justice's anti-trust accusations, writes Joanne Wallen.
The Microsoft document is expected to run to some 400 pages, and will focus on the written testimony submitted during the defence's rebuttal phase of the trial.
The case has now entered the so-called finding-of-fact stage during, which the DoJ also has to file papers. Both sides will then have a month to review the other's documents, and produce a summary that includes response to the other's arguments. This must be submitted by 10 September.
The revised findings will form the basis of both sides' closing arguments, which are due to be heard in court on 21 September. Judge Jackson will then write his summary, which, depending on his findings, will allow Microsoft to decide whether or not to settle out of court.
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