Thousands of UK businesses could receive payouts if a legal claim filed against tech giant Microsoft is successful. Regulation expert Dr Maria Luisa Stasi is alleging the tech giant overcharged companies for its Window Server software, used in cloud computing. She is seeking compensation of over £1bn on behalf of UK businesses. The case has been brought on an “opt-out” basis – meaning UK organisations are all being represented to begin with unless they wish not to be. And it is the latest class action lawsuit to be filed at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal against big tech firms, with Facebook, Google, and mobile phone firms amongst those facing action in other claims. These types of claims are relatively new still, having been introduced in the UK in 2015, so there is little precedence to indicate how likely it is to be successful – but it will probably be years from now before there is an outcome. It comes as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority investigates the cloud computing industry in the UK.
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