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仁科、甲骨文法庭想见 并购前景尚不明朗
[CNET当地时间7月28日报道] 甲骨文（Oracle Corp ORCL）公司已经向特拉华州衡平法院(Delaware Chancery Court)提出请求，表示将于9月15日前决定起诉仁科(PeopleSoft Inc PSFT)反并购一案的听证会日期。
早些时候，甲骨文并购仁科计划的遭到了仁科的阻挠。仁科采取“毒丸”措施进行反击，并在加州阿拉米达高级法院(Alameda County Superior Court)提起诉讼，控告甲骨文公司恶意并购，更宣称甲骨文公司是在进行“不公平的商业竞争”。甲骨文因此愤而提起诉讼，反将仁科送上法庭。本周五，甲骨文和仁科分别致信特拉华州衡平法院法官里奥-斯特林，就该案何时举行听证会问题表达了各自的意愿。
甲骨文代表律师艾伦-泰瑞尔在致法庭的信中表示：“鉴于美国司法部针对该并购案的评审仍在进行中，我们认为现在确定听证会日期为时尚早，况且仁科是否收回毒丸计划等尚未决定。”
甲骨文公司发言人表示，所以选择9月15日为决定听证会日期的最后期限，是因为“我们希望在听证会举行之前为司法部提供更多关于并购计划的信息。”
甲骨文诉仁科一案已被无限期延期，但仁科希望其在加州阿拉米达高级法院控告甲骨文恶意并购的诉讼案如期进行。仁科在信中向特拉华州法院表示，他们同意延期至9月15日，同时仁科将利用这段时间继续收集，或“发掘”证据以在阿拉米达法庭指控甲骨文公司恶意并购。
仁科公司代表律师彼德-沃沙在致法庭的信中表示：“甲骨文的不公平竞争行为，已经并且正在从实质上对仁科造成了危害。影响了仁科的现有客户和潜在客户。” “仁科在加州诉甲骨文恶意并购，意在寻求强制手段以挽回数百万美元的商业损失，以及阻止更多的损失。” 这是仁科第一次从商业损失的角度暗示了反击甲骨文恶意并购计划的决心。
法律专家表示，通常，原告会在诉讼之初表示“损失只有到审判时才能知晓”，而在诉讼将要结束的时候会估算出具体的金额。仁科拒绝对其提交给法庭的信件发表评论。
甲骨文若要如愿以偿并购仁科，需得到联邦反垄断监管人员的认可，并洗清仁科公司对其恶意并购的起诉。特拉华州衡平法院的这次听证会对诉讼双方来说都是至关重要的。
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Oracle: We'll see you in court eventually
By Dawn Kawamoto
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
July 28, 2003, 5:23 PM PT
Oracle has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to give it until Sept. 15 to decide on a hearing date for its lawsuit against PeopleSoft.
Oracle needs approval from federal antitrust regulators, and removal of PeopleSoft's anti-takeover measures, to acquire PeopleSoft in a hostile takeover bid. The case before the Delaware court will address the latter.
Oracle and PeopleSoft sent letters on Friday to Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine Jr., addressing when they would like a hearing on Oracle's lawsuit against PeopleSoft over such issues as its "poison pill," or anti-takeover measures.
"Because the (U.S. Department of Justice) review process is ongoing, we believe that it would be premature to attempt to fix a hearing date for the pending claims, including the claim to compel a redemption of the PeopleSoft (poison) pill," said Allen Terrell Jr., an attorney representing Oracle, in the company's letter to the court.
Deborah Lilienthal, an Oracle spokeswoman, said the Sept. 15 date was selected because "we wanted to set it out far enough to update the court on our progress with the DOJ."
Oracle's lawsuit against PeopleSoft remains indefinitely postponed, but PeopleSoft wants to proceed with its own lawsuit against Oracle in the Alameda County Superior Court.
In its letter, PeopleSoft agreed to the Sept. 15 date, but it informed the Delaware court it still wanted to proceed with gathering evidence, or "discovery," against Oracle in the Alameda court lawsuit. PeopleSoft alleges the database maker engaged in "unfair business practices" when it launched its hostile bid for the company.
"PeopleSoft has been and is being materially damaged by Oracle's acts of unfair competition, which are interfering on an ongoing basis with PeopleSoft's customer relationships and its ability to attract new customers," said Peter Walsh Jr., an attorney representing PeopleSoft, in his letter to the court.
Walsh's letter, which for the first time hinted at the depth of the damages it is seeking against Oracle, went on to say: "PeopleSoft's California action seeks injunctive relief to prevent further damage to the business, as well as damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars."
Often, plaintiffs will cite "damages to be determined at time of trial" in their initial complaint and then later outline a specific amount as the trial nears, legal experts said.
PeopleSoft declined to discuss its letter to the court.
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