Californians face deadline on Microsoft antitrust claims

Thousands of companies and California residents will turn their backs on a share of the $1.1 billion antitrust settlement against Microsoft Corp. if they don’t file simple claim forms by the Jan. 8, 2005 deadline.

Last month the California Superior Court signed an order extending the deadline to Jan. 8 to give consumers more time to file claims. Consumers shouldn’t expect that the court will extend the deadline again, said Richard Grossman, a lawyer with the San Francisco law firm of Townsend and Townsend and Crew, which was the lead counsel in the class action antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft.

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