Judge stays Google suit vs. Microsoft
A federal judge ordered a tentative stay in Google Inc.’s suit against Microsoft Corp., according to a court Web site, dealing a blow to the Internet company’s legal fight over its hiring of a former Microsoft executive. I wonder how much money the companies are going to spend on this one. Since this is the first real clash of Google and Microsoft neither side wants to lose.
The parties are scheduled to appear before Judge Ronald Whyte in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, on Friday in connection with the suit. That suit is separate from a related action Microsoft brought in Washington state accusing Google and Kai-Fu Lee of violating a noncompete agreement that Lee had signed with Microsoft. Google has argued that California, a state that generally does not recognize noncompete clauses, is the proper jurisdiction for the legal dispute.
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