In Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, the judge instructed the jury that it was legitimate to presume that the information Warburg could not provide due to lost backup tapes and e-mails was probably damaging to the company's case. Zubulake was awarded $20 million.

Started in 2005, the cast has been slowly dragging its way through the courts.

As reported back then in InfoWorld, AMD accused Intel of monopolistic practices in the PC market by coercing customers to use its products rather than AMD's.

Among the illegal practices cited by AMD against Intel were a variety of tactics to limit AMD's growth in the market by paying retailers and system OEMs not to sell or build systems with AMD chips.

Earlier this year, the European Commission notified Intel that based on its monitoring of Intel’s business practices, the EC believes Intel was in violation of European Union monopoly law.

If Intel loses the case, said Brookwood, it would of course have to cease the practices that AMD alleges are over the top for a company with the market share the size of Intel's.

More damaging, however, could be the court dollar award if AMD is able to prove it has been economically damaged to the tune of X billions of dollars by Intel practices.

AMD also claims that consumers have been damaged for billions of dollars over the past decade. If AMD wins, a class action lawsuit could also be in the offing.

Additional resources
Special Report: AMD to Intel: See you in court
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