Private MS suit attains class-action status

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Author: JT Smith

www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0406suit.html”>Network World Fusion reports: “Microsoft is facing class-action lawsuits for allegedly using its monopoly power to overcharge customers who bought its Windows operating system in California, Arizona and now in Minnesota. More states are expected to be added to the list soon, attorneys filing complaints said. Most recently, a Minnesota state court judge on March 30 ruled that a consumer antitrust suit could move forward as a class-action case.