Microsoft, U.S. File Briefs Opposing Attempts to Appeal Settlement

Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department filed briefs opposing an effort to appeal a federal judge's November approval of their antitrust settlement. "Neither the federal courts nor the parties should be required to endure further proceedings at the behest of trade associations that have made only vague claims of harm to their members -- who remain nameless," Microsoft said in a brief filed with U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.