Pressure to change judge in Microsoft EU antitrust case
InternetNews | at | by Mike
The lead judge of the European Union's second-highest court has proposed changing justices in the Microsoft antitrust appeal, according to several published reports.
The suggestion comes after a wave of criticism aimed at the judge heading the Microsoft antitrust case following a newspaper article he wrote criticizing other judges and clerks involved in the appeal, according to a letter sent to all parties in the case.
Reuters also reported that Court of First Instance President Bo Vesterdorf said the appeal should be transferred to a panel which he will head, primarily because public comments made by current head justice Hubert Legal, criticizing the court's "arbitrary power."