From Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...94M19A20130523
The judge is (unusual, in a trial like this) warning Apple they need to settle.
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In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-book prices.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who is set to oversee a trial on June 3, gave her view during a pretrial hearing on Thursday.
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and,
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"I believe that the government will be able to show at trial direct evidence that Apple knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise prices of e-books, and that the circumstantial evidence in this case, including the terms of the agreements, will confirm that," Cote said.
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Translation: "Don't waste my time and taxpayer money fighting this. Settle it."