$25,000-A-Day Discovery Sanction Against Apple In FTC Antitrust Suit Set Aside

(February 22, 2018, 4:31 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge on Feb. 7 granted nonparty Apple Inc. relief from a magistrate’s order levying a $25,000-a-day discovery sanction against the firm in a Federal Trade Commission antitrust suit, with the judge deeming authority for the sanction order unclear (Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Qualcomm Inc., et al., No. 17-cv-00220, N.D. Calif.)....