It is suddenly the obvious question of the moment, as the ebook pricing trial in the United States v. Apple began today at 9:30 — particularly since presiding Judge Denise Cote has already expressed her “tentative view” 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.” (Even absent that bar, antitrust attorneys indicate the government is the natural favorite in any trial like this one, and particularly so given that all five publisher defendants have already settled.) Assuming for speculative purposes that the […]