April 23, 2014
A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied Apple Inc.'s attempt to halt a damages trial and class notification in antitrust actions over its alleged conspiracy with publishers to fix e-book prices, after state attorneys general and Apple customers argued against the delays.
April 15, 2014
Apple Inc. can't dodge a bid by more than 30 state attorneys general to obtain enhanced damages on behalf of consumers for the technology giant's alleged conspiracy with publishers to fix e-book prices, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday, finding that the authorities have standing to pursue damages.
April 08, 2014
Apple Inc. asked a New York federal court Friday to stay a consumer class action and a forthcoming damages trial in a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general claiming it conspired with publishers to fix the price of e-books, saying the court should await the outcome of Apple's appeals to the Second Circuit before proceeding.
March 25, 2014
E-book purchasers will begin receiving payments this week from a $166 million settlement between 33 states and five major publishers over e-book price-fixing, multiple state attorneys general announced on Tuesday.
March 17, 2014
Apple Inc. argued Friday in New York federal court that it did not waive its right to try to move the remainder of an e-books price-fixing case back to Texas and California, emphasizing that the damages claims by consumers and a group of state attorneys general should be remanded.
March 12, 2014
State prosecutors and putative class action plaintiffs fired back Tuesday at Apple Inc.'s attempt to preserve testimony from two of its experts that would trim the amount of damages Apple owes after a New York federal judge ruled it conspired with publishers to fix e-book prices.
March 06, 2014
Apple Inc. has asked the judge overseeing the e-books price-fixing litigation to recuse herself from handling a summary judgment request from consumers seeking hundreds of millions in damages from Apple, accusing her of prejudging the question of whether and how much the iPad maker owes.
February 24, 2014
Apple Inc. asked Friday to move the remainder of an e-books price-fixing case from New York back to Texas and California, saying that the cases brought by a group of state attorneys general and by consumers should be remanded for damages proceedings.
February 18, 2014
Copyright attorney and eMusic co-founder Bob Kohn on Friday warned the Second Circuit that a New York federal court's ruling that Apple Inc. and a group of book publishers conspired to raise the price of e-books is "fundamentally at odds with basic tenets of modern antitrust law."
February 12, 2014
Apple Inc. on Tuesday fought back against efforts from state prosecutors and class action plaintiffs to strike testimony from its expert witness that is meant to trim the amount of damages owed in the wake of a New York federal judge's ruling that Apple conspired with publishers to fix e-book prices.