U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson does not trust Microsoft and questions why the company's lawyer, William Neukom, did not negotiate a settlement in the landmark antitrust case, according to an article in this week's issue of The New Yorker magazine. He also told the magazine he does not think that Neukom is "very smart."
The comments made by Jackson to The New Yorker and other news outlets recently raise the question of whether he could remain unbiased if the case again lands back in his Washington courtroom. The case is currently under appeal and centers on the government's contention that Microsoft illegally used a monopoly in PC operating systems to muscle its way into the Internet browser market and quash competition from other software makers.
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