Judge Jed Rakoff, the Southern District judge named to preside over the suit filed by three independent booksellers against Amazon and the “big six” publishers, has stipulated a March 11 case management and scheduling conference among the parties. None of the parties have responded to the suit yet, which is not unusual, so the judge’s order indicates that “the fact that any party has not answered the complaint does not excuse attendance by that party or warrant any adjournment of the conference.” For now, the court “requires that this case shall be ready for trial on August 12, 2013,” though […]