EU Antitrust Chief May Have to Leave Cases
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The European Union's incoming antitrust chief will likely have to step aside from at least three pending cases because of potential conflicts of interest, a European Commission spokesman said Thursday.
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As president of a Dutch business  school, Neelie Kroes once awarded former Microsoft chief Bill  Gates an honorary degree. But as the European Union&#39;s top  antitrust cop, she has fined his company millions.
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Microsoft will be told on Wednesday whether antitrust sanctions imposed by the European Commission in March will be suspended for several years, in a keenly-awaited decision by a senior European judge.
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The incoming head of the European Commission has been trying to end a dispute which threatens to leave the EU without an executive.
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The European judge deciding whether to suspend the European Union's landmark antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp. pushed the EU to justify its sweeping order &#151; questioning Friday whether the move would rein in the U.S. software giant or raise costs for others.
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Experts say the move could lead to suits against the U.S. or private companies.
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A European Union judge told a closed meeting on Thursday he planned to rule within a month whether to freeze curbs imposed by the EU&#39;s executive on Microsoft, lawyers present said.
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A European Union judge has summoned all sides for a closed meeting today to consider how to handle the decision by two major opponents of Microsoft to drop out of an antitrust case against the company.
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Judges to rule on a case that could change the way alcohol and tobacco is bought within the European Union.
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The judge deciding whether to suspend the European Union's landmark antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp. prefers encouraging parties to find a "third way" outside of litigation &#151; partly because that's the way things are often done back in his home country of Denmark.
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Microsoft, which will on Monday learn whether a top European Union court has annulled the landmark 2004 antitrust ruling against the US software developer, is warning technology rivals they should be careful what they wish for.
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The European Union could be thrown into turmoil unless last-minute lobbying by incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso secures enough votes for approval of his embattled 24-member executive.
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A top European Union judge  challenged the EU executive's reasoning in its antitrust court  battle with Microsoft Corp. on Friday, questioning why it  opposed the U.S. software giant's setting industry standards.
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A European Commission official chosen   to lead Microsoft's MSFT.O antitrust case instead wants to   work instead for a consultancy which has the software firm as a   client, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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A European Union court rules on Monday whether Microsoft abused its near-monopoly on computer operating systems to push out rivals, in a protracted case that has major implications on the EU's power to enforce antitrust policy.
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By David Lawsky BRUSSELS  - The judge considering Microsoft Corp.'s appeal against European Union sanctions has called a closed meeting for Thursday to decide what action to take after two more major opponents of the U.S. software giant withdrew from the case.
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The incoming European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, is in a race against time to revamp his team of Commissioners, amid warnings that his own job could be on the line if he fails to pull off a swift deal.