May 28, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday responded to a public comment objecting to Macmillan's settlement over allegations that the publishing house conspired with Apple Inc. and others to fix prices on electronic books, saying the deal should proceed because it's in the public interest.
May 23, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice has a shot at winning a case alleging Apple Inc. conspired with publishers to fix e-book prices, a federal judge indicated Thursday, providing an early read on her thinking ahead of a much-anticipated trial.
May 20, 2013
Amazon Inc. told a New York federal court Friday that filings in multidistrict litigation alleging Apple Inc. conspired with publishers to fix e-book prices contained business information that should be confidential, prompting Apple to argue the Amazon information was critical to its defense.
May 17, 2013
Apple Inc. told a New York federal court Thursday that its entry into the e-book market increased competition and that its negotiations with major publishers did not amount to a price-fixing conspiracy, as the U.S. Department of Justice has suggested.
May 15, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice described Apple Inc. in documents released Tuesday as the "ringmaster" of an alleged conspiracy with major publishers to fix e-book prices, but Apple fired back, saying it had actually acted independently, in the interest of its own business.
May 13, 2013
EMusic founder Bob Kohn's recent objections to Penguin Group USA Inc.'s settlement of e-book price-fixing allegations stem from a "misunderstanding" of the U.S. Department of Justice's response to public comments about the deal, the agency said Friday in New York federal court.
April 30, 2013
Even if price-fixing allegations against major publishers and Apple Inc. were the most serious "since the dawn" of antitrust law, a New York federal judge should not approve the U.S. Department of Justice's settlement with Penguin Group USA Inc., eMusic founder Bob Kohn said Monday.
March 13, 2013
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook was ordered Wednesday to testify in federal prosecutors' antitrust suit accusing the electronics giant of conspiring with publishers to fix e-book rates, after prosecutors argued that Cook might have valuable information from private conversations with Apple's former CEO Steve Jobs, who died in 2011.
March 01, 2013
Apple Inc. on Wednesday lost a bid to force Amazon.com Inc. to produce privileged evidence regarding the online retailer's decision to allow publishers to set prices for e-books, in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust suit accusing Apple of conspiring with publishers to fix e-book rates.
February 08, 2013
Macmillan has become the last of five major publishers to settle the U.S. Department of Justice's allegations that the publishing houses conspired with each other and Apple Inc. to fix prices on electronic books, the antitrust regulator said Friday.