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Florida Class-Action Suit To Go Ahead Against MS

Posted by timothy on from the even-orlandians dept.

los furtive writes: "Circuit Judge Bernard Shapiro of Miami has ruled that Microsoft users in Florida can band together in a single class-action lawsuit to pursue antitrust claims against the software company. The lawsuit covers anyone in Florida who bought a personal computer with MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel after November 15, 1995."

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  1. Lucky lawyers by crow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is the sort of lawsuit where the end settlement pays off huge for the lawyers, while the end users typically get a rebate good for future purchases.

    Remember the lawsuit over monitors that said they were of a given size but had a smaller viewable size?

    I would put the odds of end consumers getting to see any actual cash at less than 10%.