Anti-trust cases are ugly affairs, but Apple's ongoing struggles with Michael Bromwich -- its court appointed anti-trust monitor in the ongoing eBooks controversy -- has lead the company to ask he be replaced. As we reported last month the issues stem from what Apple see's as Bromwich's excessive billing and overstepping of the boundaries of his mandate. In response to the complaint filed by Apple last month Bromwich filed his own declaration, defending his work against the company's charges.
According to Reuters on Tuesday Apple Inc's lawyer asked U.S. District Judge Denise Cote of Manhattan to replace Bromwich as their external compliance monitor, citing what they see as a personal bias against Apple. Their lawyer cites the same issues that popped up in December, including the monitor's $1,100 an hour pay rate and aggressive requests to interview executives who had nothing to do with the anti-trust case.
Apple was forced by the works to work with an anti-trust monitor following the July 2013 ruling that the company was guilty of price fixing in the eBooks marketplace.
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