Rocky Term of Apple's Ebooks Antitrust Monitor Will Expire Friday

Apple’s contentious, two-year slog bridling under the yoke of a court-appointed antitrust monitor will expire Friday.

The monitor, former U.S. Department of Justice inspector general Michael Bromwich, was appointed by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in October 2013 after she found that Apple had orchestrated a conspiracy to fix the prices of ebooks when it launched the iPad and iBooks store in 2010. Cote’s verdict was upheld on appeal last June, and Apple has indicated that it will seek U.S. Supreme Court review later this month.