At what was supposed to be a routine final conference last Thursday, May 23, before the June 3 start of the government’s trial of Apple over e-book price-fixing charges, the company and its lawyers were given a glimpse of the challenges they face in clearing Apple’s name. When Department of Justice attorney Mark Ryan asked Judge Denise Cote to share her initial impressions of the case, Cote said her “tentative view,” based on the government’s direct evidence, was that the government would prevail. She added that she was already at work on her opinion—although, obviously, no final judgment has been reached.
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