Nine states, including Massachusetts, seeking stricter antitrust penalties against Microsoft Corp. asked a federal judge to reject the company’s proposal to delay hearings in the case until the summer.
The states said today in court papers that the remedies phase of the 3 1/2-year-old case should be held in March as the judge has ordered. The company proposed delaying it until July or August.
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The No. 1 software company said on Dec. 21 that the delay is warranted because the nine states are seeking new penalties that amount to a “dramatic expansion” of the case.
The nine states are seeking restrictions on Microsoft’s business practices that go beyond a proposed settlement signed by the Bush administration and nine other states. Among other changes, the states want Microsoft to forfeit control of its Internet Explorer browser.
The other eight states that did not sign onto that settlement are Iowa, California, Connecticut, West Virginia, Utah, Minnesota, Kansas and Florida.
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