October 29, 2015
Microsoft Corp. will impose corporate reforms, including spending up to $42 million on an internal antitrust compliance office, to end a derivative suit over the company's $732 million fine for violating an antitrust settlement with the European Union, according to a Thursday filing in Washington federal court.
September 23, 2015
Microsoft Corp. executives and investors in a derivative suit over the company's $732 million fine for violating an antitrust settlement with the European Union told a Washington federal judge on Tuesday that they have agreed to the parameters of a possible settlement.
July 14, 2015
Microsoft Corp. shot back Monday at a derivative suit over its $731 million fine for violating an antitrust settlement with the European Union, saying there's no evidence that Fenwick & West LLP and Dechert LLP were biased when they helped a board committee respond to shareholders' pre-suit demands.
December 10, 2014
A federal judge is keeping Microsoft Corp. in court against shareholders over the actions that led to its $732 million antitrust fine in the European Union, saying Wednesday that Microsoft's alleged decision not to interview a European Commission official while investigating shareholder claims suggests unsound business judgment.
October 31, 2014
A group of Microsoft Corp. executives asked a Washington federal judge to toss a derivative suit alleging they breached their fiduciary duties by willfully violating a European Union antitrust settlement and incurring a $732.2 million fine, saying the plaintiffs' opposition failed to show the executives knowingly breached their duties.
August 12, 2014
Microsoft Corp. and a group of its directors and officers urged a Washington federal court Tuesday to toss a shareholder derivative suit alleging they breached their fiduciary duties by willfully violating a European Union antitrust settlement and incurring a $732.2 million fine, arguing the plaintiffs can't sue on the company's behalf.
April 11, 2014
A Microsoft Corp. stockholder filed a shareholder derivative suit against the software giant Friday in Washington federal court, alleging it breached its fiduciary duty by willfully violating a European Union antitrust settlement agreement and incurring a $731 million fine.