Government entities will be able to obtain cash refunds for hardware and
software purchases.
Microsoft Settles Antitrust Suit in California
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| Microsoft yesterday reached a tentative $70 million deal to settle
| a California class-action antitrust lawsuit, according to a
| statement by the law firm representing the plaintiffs in the suit.
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| The suit, filed by San Francisco law firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew
| in August 2004, was one of dozens of private antitrust suits brought
| against Microsoft in the wake of the U.S.
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| The suit was filed on behalf of government entities in the California
| cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles, and counties of Santa Clara,
| San Mateo, Los Angeles and Contra Costa. The plaintiffs charged
| Microsoft with anticompetitive conduct, accusing the vendor of using
| its market position to overcharge for software.
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