“A federal appeals court has rejected Apple Inc.’s efforts to rid itself of a corporate monitor appointed in the wake of a judge’s finding the company liable for conspiring to raise the price of e-books,” Joe Palazzolo reports for The Wall Street Journal.

“Michael Bromwich, a former Justice Department inspector general, was appointed to assess Apple’s antitrust compliance policies in October 2013,” Palazzolo reports. “He was appointed by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who held the company liable for a price-fixing conspiracy in a July 2013 decision.”

“Apple is appealing Judge Cote’s decision finding it liable for price-fixing,” Palazzolo reports. “A ruling could come any day.”

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MacDailyNews Take: The fiasco continues. For now.

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