European officials will hold hearings in December on Microsoft Corp.'s alleged anticompetitive practices in Europe, and a decision is expected early next year on whether the software giant violated antitrust laws, the EU's competition commissioner said Tuesday. The commissioner, Mario Monti, said he and other competition officials are studying the proposed landmark antitrust settlement Microsoft reached with the U.S. government and nine states to determine whether its provisions could apply to the European case. But Monti told reporters at a press conference here that it's not clear whether any of the settlement's terms might appease European antitrust concerns.
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