Apple, Qualcomm Debate $25,000-A-Day Discovery Sanction In FTC Antitrust Suit

Mealey's (January 30, 2018, 1:19 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — Qualcomm Inc. in a Jan.. 26 brief asks a California federal judge to affirm a $25,000-a-day discovery sanction that Apple Inc. called “unduly harsh” in a motion for relief, with Qualcomm arguing that the sanction amount is appropriate in light of Apple’s pattern of discovery noncompliance in the antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission (Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Qualcomm Inc., et al., No. 17-cv-00220, N.D. Calif.)....