Judge limits claims against Intel
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A US judge limits an antitrust case launched against chipmaker Intel by AMD, citing a lack of jurisdiction.
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Making the most of the single avenue of exploration US Federal District Judge Joseph A. Farnan left open last September, AMD is proceeding in its antitrust suit against Intel by arguing that nothing in the judge's most recent order explicitly prevents it from discovering evidence of misconduct.
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By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jan. 31--An attorney for Advanced Micro Devices, longtime foe of chip giant Intel, said Tuesday that regulators are less aggressive in going after monopolistic practices in the United States in recent years.
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating possible violations of state and federal antitrust laws by Intel Corp., the world's largest manufacturer of computer microprocessors.
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In a troubling development late Monday, AMD filed a brief with US District Court Judge Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. accusing Intel of having destroyed e-mails and other documentation that may have been important to its antitrust case.
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(InfoWorld) - European Commission antitrust officials investigating computer chip maker Intel presented what they believe is a watertight argument for prosecuting the firm to an internal panel of so-called devil's advocates on Tuesday, a person familiar with the investigation has said. Holding their case up to the scrutiny of the panel may indicate that the officials on the case are confident enough to push ahead with legal action. The panel was recently introduced into the antitrust investigation process in order to prevent poorly prepared cases turning into formal legal proceedings. Intel has been under investigation by the commission for the past five years. With a global market share in the computer chip market of around 80 percent, the company dwarfs its nearest rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which accounts for the bulk of the remaining sales of chips around the world. Neither Intel nor the European Commission were immediately available to comment. Thomas M. McCoy, AMD's executive vice president of legal affairs, said in a recent interview he is confident the European Commission will take action to stop Intel abusing its dominance in the market. "The Intel investigation is coming to a close," he said, adding that he was confident it would result in Neelie Kroes, the competition commissioner, issuing a charge sheet, known as a statement of objections to the company. "I am optimistic she will push ahead with the lawsuit because she is independent from political pressure, both Intel and AMD are big employers in Europe, and because unlike other antitrust cases there are no complicated intellectual property issues at stake in this case," McCoy said. Last year the European Commission launched surprise visits on Intel's offices in Europe, confiscating documents in their hunt for evidence of illegal behavior. Last month the European regulator took over a separate investigation being conducted by German antitrust officials, into claims that Intel was forcing Europe's biggest computer retailer, Media Markt, only to stock computers fitted with Intel chips. Consumer groups have complained to the regulators that computer buyers are getting less choice as a result of Intel's tactics, which include granting rebates in return for loyalty from PC manufacturers. AMD's McCoy said Intel uses the threat of price increases to persuade PC makers like Sony Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. not to build PCs around AMD's chips. "Sony used to have a model running on AMD chips at any given price range but then they went 100 percent Intel. Ultimately the consumer loses through reduced choice," he said. The devil's advocate panel includes the competition department's chief economist, Damien Neven, along with colleagues in the department who aren't involved in the Intel case. If the draft case against Intel is supported by the panel, the investigating team will propose that Kroes issue a statement of objections to the company for the first time in the five years it has spent investigating Intel.
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The federal judge hearing the SCO Group's suit against IBM (NYSE: IBM) has denied IBM's motion for a partial summary judgment. If granted, the declaration likely would have ended the courtroom wrangle.
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A federal judge has dismissed a large   portion of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s antitrust lawsuit   against Intel Corp., saying that U.S. law does not cover many   of AMD's claims.
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The special master appointed to hear evidence from both parties in the AMD v. Intel antitrust case has recommended that Intel be compelled to produce documents for evidence that it had previously declined to submit. If Judge Joseph A. Farnan, Jr., agrees, Intel may be asked to produce evidence of what AMD alleges to be "foreign misconduct" on Intel's part.
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AMD&#39;s attempt to persuade the US court to sanction the release of over 60,000 pages of Intel documentation to a European Commission anti-trust enquiry has failed.
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During last Wednesday's hearing before the Special Master in the AMD v. Intel antitrust case, attorneys for Intel acknowledged that company CEO Paul Otellini, chairman Craig Barrett, and executive vice president for sales and marketing Sean Maloney, were among more than 300 company employees who apparently did not back up their e-mails and important documents personally.
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Korea Fair Trade Commission investigators allege Intel violated that country's antitrust laws, marking the third time in the past two years that an international government has taken a deeper look into Intel's business practices.
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A federal court in Delaware said it had no jurisdiction to award monetary damages against Intel for antitrust charges by foreign plaintiffs.
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Federal regulators appear to be resisting a formal probe of alleged anticompetitive practices of semiconductor giant Intel Corp., despite requests from members of Congress and corporate rivals.
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The Federal Trade Commission has rejected requests to open a formal antitrust investigation against Intel, government officials and lawyers say.
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A federal judge has dismissed a large  portion of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s antitrust lawsuit  against Intel Corp., saying that U.S. law does not cover many  of AMD's claims.
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A federal judge took action against Qualcomm and six of its outside attorneys on Monday for hiding 46,000 documents in a lawsuit the company filed -- and lost -- against rival Broadcom.