Court-appointed monitor Bromwich whines to U.S. Federal Puppet Cote: Apple’s cooperation has ‘sharply declined’
“Apple Inc’s cooperation with a court-appointed monitor has ‘sharply declined’ as he reviews the iPad maker’s antitrust compliance policies, the monitor wrote in a report to a judge,” Nate Raymond reports for Reuters. “Michael Bromwich, who became Apple’s monitor after it was found liable for conspiring to raise e-book prices, said in a report on Thursday that Apple objected to providing information and ‘inappropriately’ attempted to limit his activities.”
MacDailyNews Take: Now why the heck would Apple want to limit the wasting of everyone’s time and being wildly over-billing for the privilege?
Michael Bromwich“Bromwich, whose relationship with Apple has been testy since the start, had indicated that relations had improved in a report in October to U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan. However, he said in his latest report that the company recently had taken a more ‘adversarial tone’ in discussions,” Raymond reports. “‘We have conducted no interviews since January, and Apple has rejected our recent requests for interviews,’ Bromwich wrote.”
Raymond reports, “Representatives for Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment.”
MacDailyNews Take: Lady Elaine Fairchilde (left), Judge Denise Cote (right), or vice versaApple’s cooperation has likely ‘sharply declined’ because you shouldn’t be there in the first place, you nasty bearded rodent.
What a farce!
Will somebody with some sense, if there’s anybody left, please put an end to this charade?!
