Attorney General John Ashcroft meets reporters at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 2, 2001 to discuss a proposed settlement in the Microsoft antitrust case. (Rick Bowmer - AP)
U.S. v. Microsoft
On June 7, 2000, a judge ordered Microsoft to be broken up. It was the most significant antitrust decree since AT&T in 1982 and Standard Oil in 1911.
Nearly one year later a federal appeals court reversed the decree, denouncing the judge, but still found Microsoft broke federal antitrust law.
Microsoft Ruling Overturned A federal appeals court reversed parts of a $521 million patent ruling against Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday, giving the world's largest software maker another chance to prove that its Web browser didn't illegally copy a key piece of technology. - The Washington Post
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On June 7, 2000, a judge ordered Microsoft to be broken up. It was the most significant antitrust decree since AT&T in 1982 and Standard Oil in 1911.