| Friday's antitrust ruling may give Microsoft powerful ammunition 
to defend against more than 60 private lawsuits pending against the software 
giant, legal experts say. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly approved, with few 
changes, a November 2001 settlement between Microsoft and the Justice 
Department and nine states. She then issued a revised settlement as her 
remedy in continued litigation brought by nine other states and the District 
of Columbia. |