JudgeHaltsWorkonMicrosoft’sJEDIContract,aVictoryforAmazonAfederaljudgeinWashingtonorderedMicrosoftonThursdaytohaltallworkona$10billioncloud-computingcontractforthePentagon,inavictoryforAmazon,whichhadchallengedtheawardingofthecontract.Inasealedopinion,thejudgeoftheCourtofFederalClaimsorderedworktostopontheJointEnterpriseDefenseInfrastructureproject,knownasJEDI,untilAmazon’slegalchallengewasresolved.The10-yearcontractwasoneofthelargesttechcontractsfromthePentagon,andMicrosoftwassettobeginworkonitthismonth.Thedecisionaddstotheacrimonysurroundingthelucrativedeal,whichwasamajorprizeinthetechnologyindustry,andratchetsupthelegalbattlearoundthetransformationofthemilitary’scloud-computingsystems.InDecember,AmazonfileditslegalchallengeagainsttheawardingofJEDI,sayingthatMr.Trumpused“improperpressure”onthePentagonatitsexpense.Inanothercourtfilingthismonth,Amazonarguedthataninjunctionwasnecessarytopreventitfromlosingtheprofititcouldearnfromthecontract.“ThisisallsettingthestageforamajorcourtfightbetweenAmazonandMicrosoft,withtheD.O.D.caughtinbetween,”saidDanielIves,ananalyst.“It’sapoliticalfootballthat’sbeingkickedaround.”QuestionWhatdoes“injunction”mean“Amazonarguedthataninjunctionwasnecessary”.
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control, management, or advice
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a situation where someone;s involved in a particular issue to influence what happens
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an order given by a court, which tells someone not to do something
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a place where one road, track etc. joins another
