Apple gets involved in a lot of lawsuits - such is the life of any large, prominent corporation. But the trial kicking off this week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York isn't your run-of-the-mill intellectual property infringement or class action suit: It's an action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, alleging that Apple colluded with publishers to fix the prices of ebooks at a higher level.Related StoriesFive Apple products that time forgot until nowApple ordered to pay out the €5 million it's collected in copy
