Apple's antitrust case is getting a brand new choose

The submitting mentioned Farbierz's “disqualification is inevitable and can’t be waived by the events.” Choose Julian Xavier Niles, nominated by President Joe Biden for the U.S. District Court docket in 2021, will preside over the case in his place.

It’s unclear why Choose Farbierz was disqualified from the case, however there are just a few potentialities. The particular rule cited within the submitting – Canon 3(c)(1)(D) – states {that a} choose should disqualify himself from proceedings when “the impartiality of the choose might moderately be questioned.” This might imply that Farbierz, or one among his family members, is carefully related to the case.