Microsoft will settle all antitrust cases

12 April 2012

Microsoft which recently reached an antitrust settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, is on the point of settling a raft of private antitrust cases, it has been reported.

The proposed settlement, the details of which are still being ironed out, will be about $1.1 billion, the Wall Street Journal said. The software giant has tentatively agreed to give software and computers to more than 14,000 of the poorest U.S. schools over a five-year period, which would help resolve the majority of its pending private class-action lawsuits.

Microsoft representatives could not be reached for comment on the report. The settlement stems from claims that Microsoft abused its market position by charging millions of people too much for their computers and software, the Journal said.

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