August 01, 2012
Barnes & Noble Inc. and an independent booksellers group joined forces Tuesday to fight the U.S. Department of Justice's settlements with three publishers in the e-book price-fixing litigation, accusing the government of forgoing its trust-busting mission to regulate the entire publishing industry.
July 23, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice won't alter settlements with three publishers accused of conspiring with Apple Inc. to hike e-book prices, it said Monday, dismissing Apple, Barnes & Noble Inc. and others' claims that regulators are trying to impose an unfair business model on the industry.
June 22, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice case against Apple Inc. over its alleged e-book price-fixing will go to a bench trial in June 2013, the judge overseeing the mass of litigation against the computer giant in New York federal court said Friday.
June 21, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said Apple Inc. is attempting to rush an antitrust lawsuit over the cost of its electronic books, a day after the technology giant requested that the court order the parties to complete discovery by December.
June 07, 2012
Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursday blasted the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed settlement with publishers accused of colluding with Apple Inc. to fix electronic book prices, saying the deal would turn the DOJ into a regulator of an industry it doesn't understand.
June 05, 2012
The Authors Guild on Monday decried the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed settlement with three major publishers accused of colluding with Apple Inc. to fix electronic book prices, saying the deal would allow Amazon.com Inc. to renew its dominance over the e-book market.
May 30, 2012
Two publishers fired back Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Justice's claims they colluded with Apple Inc. to fix electronic book prices, blasting the government's suit as "innuendo" and telling a New York federal judge the distribution model they used was pro-competitive.
May 23, 2012
Apple Inc. on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's claims that it conspired with publishers to fix prices on electronic books, telling a New York federal judge the government's suit was flawed and effectively encouraged a restraint of competition.
May 01, 2012
HarperCollins Publishers LLC and Hachette Book Group Inc. have reached a tentative settlement with 15 states suing over alleged Apple Inc. e-books price-fixing, a Texas state official said Monday, prompting a New York federal judge overseeing related multidistrict litigation to stay the states' lawsuit against the two publishers.
April 18, 2012
Hachette Book Group Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers LLC said Wednesday they are negotiating settlements to resolve the Apple Inc. e-books price-fixing lawsuits, potentially ending even consumer class actions as Apple and other publishers prepare to litigate.