NEW YORK: A US government lawyer faced tough questioning in an appeals court as he sought to defend a judge's ruling that Apple Inc conspired with five publishers to raise e-book prices.
In arguments before the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, some judges appeared sympathetic to Apple's contention that it engaged in pro-competitive conduct when in 2010 it entered an e-books market largely dominated by Amazon.com Inc. Amazon at the time had a 90% market share.
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