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RSS doj in newsCarl Icahn: "Yahoo! should make a Microsoft deal"
News We expect the DOJ to defer a decision to next year and believe they are preparing for an antitrust showdown with Google. Yahoo! shares edged up Tuesday as analysts and the company's own major shareholder and director... [05 Nov 2008]
No 'rubber-stamp' for US telco mega-merger
News Judge Emmet Sullivan, of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, continued to press the Department of Justice (DoJ) to explain why he should approve twin mergers involving some of the US' largest telephone... [01 Dec 2006]
Microsoft antitrust diktat set to run until 2009
News The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is seeking to extend the term of its landmark antitrust settlement with Microsoft by two years, blaming Microsoft's slowness in providing technical documentation to rivals. [15 May 2006]
Judge orders Google to hand over URLs...
News In a move that alleviates some privacy concerns, a federal judge granted part of a Justice Department (DoJ) request for Google search data but said users' search queries were off-limits. Ware said in his Friday order... [20 Mar 2006]
Google must capitulate to DoJ, says judge
News A federal judge hearing arguments in the Department of Justice's records fight with Google said on Tuesday that he would grant federal prosecutors at least part of their request for excerpts from the search giant's massive database. [15 Mar 2006]
Google faces DoJ subpoena deadline
News The US Justice Department has set a suggested deadline for Google to hand over information about its users' search habits: 21 days. In court documents submitted on Thursday to US District Judge James Ware in San Jose, California, federal... [13 Mar 2006]
Google denounced over search data request refusal
News The Justice Department (DoJ) has denied requesting anything from Google that could threaten the privacy of the search-engine's users, as the company recently contended. But by trying to block the government's efforts to... [27 Feb 2006]
Google fights US gov't request for search data
News But in a statement released later in the day on Thursday, Microsoft said it was, in fact, contacted by the DOJ. We gave [the DOJ] a generic list of aggregate and anonymous search terms, and not results,... [20 Jan 2006]
Symantec on Microsoft: We won't cry 'antitrust'
News Symantec chief executive officer John Thompson said on Tuesday: "We're not looking to go whining to the EU or the DOJ [the US Department of Justice] for anything. Microsoft is set to enter the security arena next year... [12 Oct 2005]
Longhorn: The Mac attack?
News For the last X number of years, we've been really internally reticent with the DoJ stuff, even before there were any questions with the EU. Microsoft claims it is still on track to deliver the Longhorn next generation of... [01 Apr 2005]
Longhorn: Justice Dept wants more info
News We think it's important that we work closely and openly with the DOJ and states early in the process to address any questions and concerns," Drake said. Microsoft is slated to meet with federal and state antitrust... [27 Jan 2005]
5 years ago...Microsoft could be forced to unbundle Explorer
News 10.11.99: Microsoft may be forced to unbundle its Internet Explorer browser from the Windows operating system, according to a former US Department of Justice (DoJ) lawyer. Robert Hauberg, former US DoJ... [10 Nov 2004]
5 years ago: US judge calls Microsoft a monopoly
News Expected penalties could include a fine or even breaking up the company, though some speculate Microsoft and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) could settle out of court. A court recommended it be broken up but the... [08 Nov 2004]
Conway: Ellison is more Genghis Khan than a sociopath
News The presentation urged each state to "use its influence to compel the DOJ to act. Former PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway has testified that he tried to "vilify" Oracle and its top executive as part of a plan to block the... [07 Oct 2004]
Antitrust ruling puts PeopleSoft under renewed pressure
News It will be difficult to appeal because.the judge ruled the DOJ failed on a number of points, not just one," Compton said. With Oracle winning a critical antitrust victory on Thursday, PeopleSoft will find it increasingly... [10 Sep 2004]
