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U.S. court rejects Apple's latest attempt to remove its antitrust monitor

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple's bid to remove the antitrust monitor installed at the company has been rejected by a federal appeals court.</p> <p>Apple's efforts to remove Michael Bromwich, the antitrust monitor appointed to the company by a U.S. federal judge, have been rejected by an appeals court. Bromwich was installed at the company following a court's finding that Apple had violated U.S. antitrust law (http://www.imore.com/apple-given-permanent-injunction-ebook-case-external-antitrust-monitor-be-installed) in their ebook deals with publishers.<!--break--> The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that an early rejection of the bid was not an abuse of judicial discretion, according to Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/28/us-apple-ebooks-monitor-idUSKBN0OD1OQ20150528?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=technologyNews):</p>

<p>The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge did not abuse her discretion in rejecting Apple's bid to disqualify Michael Bromwich as monitor, even though some of the company's allegations against him "give pause."</p>

<p>Apple has been unhappy with Bromwich since almost the second he arrived. The company has attempted to remove him multiple times (http://www.imore.com/apple-really-doesnt-their-antitrust-monitor-attempts-put-his-work-hold). They believe that Bromwich has abused his role, and as of this February, had billed the company for $2.65 million for his services. They also state that he regularly inspects parts of the company with no relevance to his purpose (http://www.imore.com/new-report-details-how-apples-antitrust-monitor-has-abused-his-position).</p> <p>Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/28/us-apple-ebooks-monitor-idUSKBN0OD1OQ20150528?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=technologyNews)</p> </div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/46ba0ffa/sc/7/mf.gif)' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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