The Computer and Communications Industry Association which represents many rivals of Microsoft, has urged a US judge to reject a recently proposed Microsoft settlement. Microsoft recently offered to donate $1.1 billion in software, training and PCs to the poorest schools in the US in lieu of making payments to the 100 or so individuals who brought a class action antitrust suit against the company.
Ed Black, president of the Association, claims in a letter addressed to a Baltimore US District Court Judge that the settlement “would do nothing to deter future anti-competitive conduct by Microsoft and would inflict great harm upon the technology markets affected by such conduct.”
Businesses can be said to have acted unlawfully if they do not take sufficient action to align with the objectives of the Paris climate agreement (Paris Agreement) of 2015, according to an appeal court in the Netherlands.
Increasing US regulatory instability following Donald Trump’s US election victory may make the EU a more attractive place for technology investment and innovation, an expert has said.
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