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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (70800)	11/2/1999 12:29:00 PM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

An update was just released on the latest law suit, Duke. It appears some very hungry lawyers are pulling a copycat suite against CPQ and others now that they've gotten Toshiba to settle. CPQ says its bunk (for them, at least): PC makers hit with Toshiba copycat suits By Joe Wilcox Staff Writer, CNET News.com November 2, 1999, 8:35 a.m. PT update The attorneys who negotiated a $2.1 billion settlement regarding a problem with Toshiba notebooks are now going after five other PC makers with similar suits. Lawyers for the two plaintiffs in the Toshiba case filed suit this past weekend against Compaq Computer, NEC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Packard-Bell NEC, and Emachines, alleging the companies sold notebook computers with defective floppy drives. "We're confident Compaq products have no problems as discussed in the complaint," said Compaq spokesperson Alan Hodel. "The complaint filed against Compaq appears to be a copycat suit filed in an attempt to exploit the settlement by Toshiba." For the remainder of the article, see: yahoo.cnet.com