The trial to determine whether Apple conspired to fix ebook prices got off to a dramatic start today when Apple's attorneys raised questions about whether the company can receive a fair trial from a judge who they say appears to have already made up her mind about the case.
After hearing evidence presented by both sides for nearly a year, US District Judge Denise Cote offered her opinion during a pretrial hearing last week about the case — although she cautioned that it was a "tentative" view. "I believe that the government will be able to show at trial direct evidence that Apple knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise prices of ebooks," Cote said last Thursday, "and that the circumstantial evidence in this...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/3/4380652/apple-lawyers-put-judge-in-ebook-antitrust-case-on-defensive
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