Word: neukom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...complex as antitrust cases, and Microsoft risks losing face if its attempts fall too far short of plausibility. Steve Houck, an antitrust enforcer for New York State, which is leading the charge, said it is "highly unlikely" that Microsoft's request will be granted. But Microsoft head counsel William Neukom contends that the appeals court decision recognizing Windows 95 as being integrated with Internet Explorer would prove fatal to a successful prosecution of his company...
...weekend air conditioning. They beat the heat in the offices of Microsoft's lawyers, Sullivan and Cromwell, but even there cooler heads did not prevail. In a matter of hours, the negotiations collapsed. "The government's theories for the personal computer industry," said Microsoft senior vice president William Neukom afterward in the company's combative official statement, "were not in the interest of PC users and would have set a bad precedent for other technology companies in the PC industry." The DOJ's terse statement merely noted that negotiations had "ended without resolution," and "at this point, the talks...
...sales down the road, Redmond gets hauled before the judge -- potentially, to get its browser ripped out for good. "This is a very fast track," says antitrust law expert William Kovacic. "For a monopoly case, the time to trial is routinely a minimum of two to three years." William Neukom and the rest of Redmond's legal team had better put the coffee...
...matter before the court was whether Microsoft could be held in contempt for violating a consent decree entered in 1995," said William H. Neukom, Microsoft's senior vice president for law and corporate affairs said Monday. Jackson said no to that, and that was fine by Bill. But, Neukom adds, Jackson's court went too far when it ordered the unbundling of Internet Explorer from Windows 95 "on its own initiative" and "without giving Microsoft notice or an opportunity to defend itself." Graciously, Microsoft announced that it will comply with the disputed injunction while the appeal is heard...
...Microsoft's defense hinges on language in the 1996 order that would allow it to integrate new functionality and software into Windows 95, even if the new product competed with software currently sold independently. "The government was fully aware of Microsoft's plans," said William H. Neukom, Microsoft's senior vice president for law and corporate affairs...