A Washington state judge ruled that former Microsoft Corp. Vice President Kai-Fu Lee can begin helping Google Inc. set up operations in China, but restricted him from crucial business decision-making and recruiting staff from Microsoft.
The decision is an interim step in a suit filed in July by Microsoft, which accused Google and Mr. Lee of violating a noncompete agreement that Mr. Lee had signed with Microsoft.
Late yesterday, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith told The Wall Street Journal that the Redmond, Wash., software maker was ready to settle the suit if Google would extend to July 2006 the terms ...
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