January 28, 2014
Consumers looking to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from Apple Inc. for its role in an e-book price-fixing plot urged the court overseeing the case Monday to bar much of the iPad maker's recent complaints about its expert damages model.
January 22, 2014
Apple Inc. on Tuesday criticized expert economic testimony that plaintiffs plan to use to seek hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over the company's role in an e-book price-fixing plot, urging the court to block the expert from the case.
January 09, 2014
Two dozen state attorneys general seeking up to $9 million in civil penalties against Apple Inc. for its role in an e-book price-fixing plot urged a New York federal court Wednesday to reject the iPad maker's efforts to avoid accountability in the case.
December 06, 2013
A New York federal judge gave final approval on Friday to $95 million in settlements between a group of book publishers, the federal government and a proposed consumer class to resolve e-book price-fixing claims.
November 27, 2013
EMusic founder Bob Kohn sought permission Wednesday to appeal a New York federal court's denial of his request to expand discovery as it mulls final approval of government settlements with Penguin Group USA Inc. and Macmillan Publishers USA for their roles in an e-book price-fixing conspiracy with Apple Inc.
October 18, 2013
EMusic founder Bob Kohn on Friday objected to the preliminary approval of settlements with Penguin Group USA Inc. and Macmillan Publishers USA, companies that allegedly plotted with Apple Inc. to fix e-book prices, saying the court doesn't have sufficient facts concerning the claims or possible defenses to "intelligently" approve the settlement.
October 15, 2013
Consumers suing Apple Inc. for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages allegedly caused by the iPad maker's plot with five publishers to fix e-book prices pushed Friday to have their case certified as a class action.
October 08, 2013
Two law firms that negotiated the $115 million e-book price-fixing class action settlement with Penguin Group USA Inc. and Macmillan Publishers Ltd. asked a New York federal judge Monday to grant them $11.2 million in attorneys' fees and expenses, saying the two publishers have already agreed to the separate deal.
September 18, 2013
A New York federal judge refused Monday to let Apple Inc. depose an economics expert that states and consumers used to justify their settlements with five publishers accused of conspiring with Apple to fix e-book prices, citing the plaintiffs' promise not to use that expert at trial.
September 12, 2013
Apple Inc. pushed Wednesday for access to an economics expert that states and consumers used to justify their settlements with five publishers accused of conspiring with the iPad maker to fix e-book prices, arguing the economist's calculations are relevant to its defense.