A US federal judge delayed until Thursday a status report by the US Justice Department and Microsoft in the landmark antitrust case that was to be filed today, according to an order issued late last night, the second such delay.
US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly extended the deadline until 3 p.m. Thursday at the request of the US government and the software giant in light of the recent attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Additionally, the court delayed a meeting between the parties and the judge until September 28th from September 2st1, according to the order, in part at the request of Microsoft to facilitate travel by their lawyers.
Judge Kollar-Kotelly is to hold hearings later this year to decide what sanctions, if any, should be imposed on the company to prevent further antitrust violations.
On June 28th a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that the company abused its monopoly power to protect its dominance in the market for personal computer operating systems. But it reversed a lower court order to break the company in two and directed the district court to hold hearings on a remedy.