A U.S. District Court judge has bumped up the schedule of Apple’s pending case with Greenlight Capital, agreeing that the issue would be resolved as soon as possible given the affect an outcome could have on the company’s upcoming February shareholder meeting, reports “AppleInsider” (www.appleinsider.com).

New York District Court Judge Richard Sullivan accelerated the suit’s schedule by a couple days at the requestt of Apple, which is being sued by Greenlight Capital in a bid to have the company mete out a portion its vast $137 billion cash hoard with investors. According to Apple, the request had the support of Greenlight’s legal counsel. Read all about the case at http://tinyurl.com/abe32mt .