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Microsoft says UK collective claim over its cloud licensing is defective

By Simon Zekaria ( December 12, 2025, 16:51 GMT | Insight) -- Microsoft has told a UK judge that a planned UK collective action seeking damages over its cloud licensing operations is invalid because its methodology is defective. The tech giant's arguments wrapped up a two-day hearing to determine if the lawsuit could advance to trial, with the judge saying the court would deliver its ruling at a later date. Microsoft told a UK judge Friday that a proposed UK mass suit seeking damages over its cloud licensing operations was invalid because the claim's methodology was defective....

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