The media converged on the open deposition in U.S. v. Microsoft of Michael Popov, a vice president with Sun Microsystems Inc. But the reporters' hopes of coming away with juicy insights were soon disappointed. When the questioning touched on trade secret issues, Popov's counsel, John Young, moved to kick the press out of the courtroom. Then the building was evacuated due to a bomb scare. From there things went downhill for the few stalwart reporters who stayed to the bitter end.
May 04, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
It wasn’t exactly Geraldo Rivera opening Al Capone’s vault. But for some two dozen business reporters from across the country crammed into a vacant San Francisco federal courtroom Friday morning, it was close.
The press had hopes of coming away with some juicy insights into what is becoming The Trial That Seemed to Last a Century: U.S. v. Microsoft.
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