A final scheduled conference before the long-awaited June 3 e-book price-fixing trial took place in Manhattan yesterday, and while most of the agenda was set to focus on various motions pertaining to expert witnesses, witness lists, and other housekeeping matters, DoJ attorney Mark Ryan asked Judge Cote to share her initial impression of the case. In what Reuters called “a blow” to Apple, Cote said her “tentative view,” was that the government will likely be able to prove Apple’s guilt in coordinating a conspiracy to raise e-book prices. Although she stressed that no final decision would be made until after the trial, she added that she was already at work on her opinion.
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