Following Apple’s formal request last week that Michael Bromwich be removed from his role in ensuring the Cupertino company meets compliances set by the anti-trust ruling in last year’s ebooks trial, the Department of Justice has pushed back (via GigaOm) with a denial letter accusing Apple of ‘character assassination’.
Apple originally expressed its unhappiness with its working relationship with the attorney appointed to monitor its compliances citing what they believed to be exuberant expenses charged by the attorney and over widening the investigation by interviewing Apple execs not related to the trial.
If Apple was unsatisfied with language and behavior expressed by Mr. Bromwich, it surely won’t be pleased with the DOJ’s expression that Apple’s complaint was “littered with factual inaccuracies and gross exaggerations.” The DOJ concluded in its response that the attorney appointed to monitor Apple’s compliance expressed no bias and presumably will remain assigned to his duty.
Update: Reuters reports that the court has responded to the DOJ’s letter by denying Apple’s request to remove Mr. Bromwich.
- Apple asks court to remove ebooks compliance monitor from his post(9to5mac.com)
- $138,432 – one lawyer’s fee to Apple for a fortnight’s work overseeing ebooks anti-trust compliance(9to5mac.com)
U.S. judge denies Apple bid to put e-books monitoring on hold; will have 48 hours after opinion is filed to seek an emergency stay. $AAPL
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