[Talisker]

But the judge also rejected Apple's argument that the case should be dismissed because it's too late to name a new plaintiff. She ordered the attorneys suing Apple to identify a new person, by Tuesday, who can serve as a lead plaintiff.

Well now at least the appeal is nailed.

[Swordmaker]

the last lead plaintiff is disqualified but the judge says press on to the attorneys, go plaintiff shopping! Find me more plaintiffs by tomorrow so we can go on with the trial and chop down this Apple tree! Well not about the Apple tree. — PING!

Apple iPod Trial Circus Ping!

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[dayglored]

While there may be merit to the argument overall (that's for the court to decide), it certainly is the case that the plaintiffs are going about this like idiots, and their counsel is compounding the idiocy. How can they miss the things they've missed?

My guess is they've convinced themselves of their own "anti-Apple righteousness" -- the same tired saga of trying to take down an American capitalist company because it's profitable -- and they figured they didn't have to follow the rules.

Leftists -- I'd bet the rent on it.

[TennesseeProfessor]

So here is a question that Apple really should ask: “When did you first decide you were unhappy with your IPod purchase?”

Plantiff: “Yesterday, when the attorney told me I could make a lot of money by joining this case”

[SWAMPSNIPER]

What about Kindle? They won’t handle epub or pdf files. Thing is you should research before you buy. I wanted to use OPEN LIBRARY so I bought a NOOK. No way can I afford all the books I read, and there are a lot more choices in epub format.

[Defiant]

I think Bill Lerach went to jail for something similar in securities litigation. I don’t know how these guys are getting away with it.

[CurlyDave]

The plaintiffs say that amounted to unfair competition and that Apple was able to sell iPods at inflated prices because the software froze makers of competing devices out of the market.

The stupidity is astonishing. If the iPods were sold at inflated prices, it seems to me that a lower-priced equivalent, which would play lower-priced music would be a great big hit.

I tried one of those lower-priced devices, and it was a dog. Way to complex for the average person to understand or use. It was worth a lot less than I paid for it. Got a real iPod and everything was suddenly easy. It may have bee sold at an "inflated" price, but the thing worked.

[Real Cynic No More]

So how can there be a trial if there’s no plaintiff with standing?

[Pollster1]

American citizens (We the people) don’t have “standing” to sue FedGov for their violations of the Constitution, but a team of trial lawyers has standing to sue with no plaintiff at all? There is something seriously wrong with our courts.

[GeronL]

trial without a plantiff... how is that possible...

[Vendome]

Whoa....WTF.

No plaintiff, no genesis, no discovery, no path to a verdict.

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