“A U.S. appeals court will consider Apple Inc’s request to put off a trial scheduled for July to determine how much the iPad maker must pay in damages to customers in more than two dozen states over e-book price fixing,” Jonathan Stempel and Joseph Ax report for Reuters.
“The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said in a brief order on Friday that a three-judge panel will hear Apple’s argument on why the trial should be put on hold while it appeals a judge’s ruling that it conspired with five publishers to raise e-book prices,” Stempel and Ax report. “The judge, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in New York, had denied Apple’s request to postpone the trial on Wednesday.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
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