Microsoft erzürnt über Gier

Last year, Microsoft entered a proposed settlement, valued at up to $223.8 million, in an antitrust class action involving Microsoft alleging that the company overcharged for such products as Windows and Word. Microsoft did not admit wrongdoing, but it did agree in the settlement to foot the bill for the plaintiffs’ legal fees. Last week, though, Microsoft dropped some verbal bombs in a brief objecting to the $22.6 million in fees requested by class counsel in the case. Some of the plaintiffs lawyers, Microsoft claimed, se…