Microsoft Asks to Postpone Court Date With Dissident States

Microsoft (MSFT Quote) on Tuesday requested an emergency two-week delay in its antitrust trial, citing a need for more time to respond to changes in a proposal from hold-out states filed a day earlier.

Hearings on the proposed sanctions of the nine nonsettling states were scheduled to begin next Monday and last for at least a month. The nonsettling states filed proposed changes to their proposal a week before the hearings were scheduled to begin. A separate hearing on the proposed settlement with the Justice Department is still on schedule for Wednesday.

In a statement released by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, the nonsettling states said they "will strongly resist" the motion to postpone the hearing. ...