https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-usa-taxavoidance/eu-court-rejects-u-s-intervention-in-apples-irish-15-billion-tax-case-idUSKBN1E926G >Europe's second-highest court has rejected a request from the U.S. government to intervene in Apple's challenge against an EU order to pay back taxes of up to 13 billion euros ($15.3 billion) because it failed to prove a direct interest in the outcome of the case.