Microsoft antitrust judgment extension application [US DOJ] News
Microsoft antitrust judgment extension application [US DOJ]

US v. Microsoft Corporation, Joint Status Report on Microsoft's Compliance with the Final Judgments, US Department of Justice, May 12, 2006 [asking for a two-year extension of a Microsoft antitrust order because the software giant has been slow to supply proper technical documentation to the licensees of its communications protocols]. Read the full text of the filed report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).