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       Tim Cook ordered to testify for four hours in eBook price-fixing
        case
       By: Apple Team Date: April 2, 2013, 10:35 am
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       Tim Cook ordered to testify for four hours ineBook price-fixing
       case
       Reuters reports that U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in
       Manhattan has granted a request from the Justice Department
       today that will force Apple CEO Tim Cook into giving a four hour
       deposition related to the high profile ebook price-fixing
       lawsuit.
       The government had argued Cook likely had relevant information
       about Apple’s entry into the e-books market. It also said Cook
       likely had conversations related to e-books with former Apple
       CEO Steve Jobs, who died in 2011.
       Apple had fought the request, calling his testimony “cumulative
       and duplicative” since thegovernment had already deposed 11
       other executives at the iPad maker.
       U.S. District Judge DeniseCote cited the death of Steve Jobs as
       the main reason behind the decision:
       “Because of that loss, I think the government is entitled to
       take testimonyfrom high-level executives within Apple about
       topics relevant to the government case,” aswell as to counter
       Apple’sdefense arguments, she said.
       Apple is now the only defendant in the case filed in April 2012
       as the 4 other publishers originally accused in the lawsuit,
       including Pearson, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and
       HarperCollins, have already reached settlements. Reuters reports
       that a trial is slated for later this year in June and, while
       the government isn’t seeking damages, will seek a ruling that
       “Apple violated antitrust law andan order blocking it from
       engaging in similar conduct.
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