By Suzanna Kerridge, 18 September 2001 11:33
NEWS US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has postponed a deadline in the Microsoft anti-trust case for the second time. The software giant had been required to file an important court document pleading its case last week. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has also been granted an extension after the terrorist attacks in Washington DC necessitated the evacuation of its building. Both parties had been expected to file a joint status report last Friday followed by a formal hearing a week later on Friday 21 September. However, the deadline for the report - originally delayed by just four days - has now been revised to Thursday 27 September, with the hearing to take place the following day. The DoJ has also had to plough more of its resources into the manhunt for the terrorists. Sullivan Cromwell, lead counsel at Microsoft, was also affected by the attack as main New York office was forced to evacuate. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said she had received various requests for extensions to filing the joint Status report and Conference.
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