Dr. Maria Luisa Stasi, a regulatory specialist, claims the tech giant overcharged businesses for its cloud computing program, Windows Server.
On behalf of UK companies, she is requesting more than £1 billion in compensation.
Microsoft has been contacted for comment.
Since the case was filed on an “opt-out” basis, all UK organizations are initially represented unless they specifically request not to be.
Additionally, Facebook, Google, and mobile phone companies are among the companies facing action in additional claims in this most recent class action case against large digital companies to be filed before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Since these claims were first made in the UK in 2015, they are still relatively fresh, so there isn’t much precedent to show how likely
