  Apple Appeal Is Dismissed in eBook Case  doj304Apple’s appeal
in the ongoing eBook antitrust case has been rejected by the
court.  The New York Times has the latest: “A federal appellate
court on Monday rejected Apple’s request to stay the monitor,
Michael R. Bromwich, a Washington lawyer, from doing any more
work pending the outcome of its challenge to a judge’s earlier
order appointing the monitor in the first place. But a one-page
ruling from the three-judge panel of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit did put some limits on how far
Mr. Bromwich can go in demanding documents and interviews with
Apple employees.”  Apple could pay up to $840 million in
antitrust claims as a punishment for being found guilty of
colluding with publishers to fix the prices of eBooks. In June,
U.S. district judge Denise Cote found Apple guilty of the
antitrust claims filed by the U.S. Justice Department. She also
determined that 33 states were eligible to join in the suit.
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