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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A district court judge on Friday approved the $179.95 million settlement in the Iowa class-action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.The approval pays the attorneys who brought the suit seven years ago $75 million in fees and costs, an amount legal experts said is likely a record in the state.Polk County District Court Judge Scott Rosenberg concluded that the settlement was fair and reasonable and said he would enter an order Friday finalizing it.Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin and Richard Hagstrom, an attorney with a Minneapolis law firm, filed suit against Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, claiming the company engaged in anticompetitive conduct that caused customers to pay more for software than they would have if there had been competition.The lawsuit initially sought more than $330 million on behalf of Iowans who bought Microsoft computer software between 1994 and 2006.The settlement finalized Friday was announced in April.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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