Oracle Lawyers Can View Rivals’ Documents

Oracle Corp. lawyers can see documents about sales and bidding from PeopleSoft Inc., SAP and Microsoft Corp., a judge ruled in the U.S. government’s lawsuit seeking to block Oracle’s hostile takeover of PeopleSoft.

U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker said Oracle’s ability to defend itself in the Justice Department’s suit would be impaired if Oracle lawyers were barred from viewing all the information turned over during the probe of Redwood City, Calif.-based Oracle’s bid for PeopleSoft.