61.  Even as Microsoft appears close to settling the government antitrust case that has troubled it for years, its core businesses are shrinking.

62.  Even before the antitrust case began, industry watchers argued that the rise of the Internet would permanently undercut the power of Microsoft.

63.  Federal law allows triple damages to be awarded in antitrust cases.

64.  Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson will wield considerable influence over Microsoft, as well as the entire computer industry, as he supervises the antitrust cases.

65.  Even the Justice Department acknowledges that its current antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.may be outdated.

66.  Ever since, the issue of the appropriate punishment in antitrust cases has been a conundrum, if not a lethal one.

67.  FINAL ARGUMENTS IN MICROSOFT CASE Microsoft and the states suing the company have filed their final arguments in the antitrust case.

68.  First, the Microsoft antitrust case.

69.  For instance, a story about the Microsoft antitrust case would probably be of interest to antitrust attorneys, but not criminal attorneys.

70.  For more than a decade, Microsoft has been investigated by the government and then sued in a landmark antitrust case.