Racketeering Trial of MS and Best Buy Can Proceed

mcgrew (sm62704) writes with news that the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Microsoft and a unit of Best Buy to dismiss a lawsuit alleging violation of racketeering laws. This means the class-action complaint can go to trial. The case was filed in civil court and the companies, with the US Chamber of Commerce behind them, wanted the Supreme Court to put the brakes on the expanding use of RICO laws in civil filings. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was designed to fight organized crime, but in recent years more than 100 times as many civil as federal RICO cases have been filed.

Re:Important to note

[athdemo]

Damages in the "tens of millions?" Jesus, I didn't know MSN was that bad.

Re:Important to note

[anti-human 1]

"Pain and Suffering." 'Nuff said.

Re:something fishy...

[Anonymous Coward]

Never fails. First post porn in an MS story and conspiracy theorists blame it on Microsoft. First post porn in a linux story and conspiracy theorists blame it on Microsoft.