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  Judge stays price-fixing class-action suit against Hachette, HarperCollins

  984 readersPaidContent reports that a judge has stayed an e-book price-fixing class-action case against publishers Hachette and HarperCollins on the grounds that the publishers are close to settling with state governments over the matter, and the states’ lawsuits trump the class action. Apart from Macmillan and Penguin, who are fighting the suit, Simon & Schuster wasn’t

• Lawyer Who Filed Complaint Against Apple, Publishers Makes Statement on DoJ Suit

  658 readers PRESS RELEASE: Steve Berman, Lead Counsel in the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) E-Book Anti-Trust Class-Action, Issues Statement on U.S. Justice Department Action SEATTLE, April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Statement by Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman. “We are pleased that the U.S. Justice Department and Attorney General Holder agreed with our analysis that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and some of the

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  Class action suit filed against Apple and publishers for price fixing under the agency model

  1625 readers The following is the full press release issued by the law firm in this important lawsuit.  As a former corporate lawyer who used to teach antitrust law to my fellow employees, I must say that I’m surprised that it took so long for someone to do this.  On its face, the current arrangement seems to

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  Justice Dept. Investigating Apple & “Big Six” On eBook Pricing

  704 readersThe Justice Department may sue Apple, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Pearson, Penguin, Macmillan and HarperCollins Publishers, claiming collusion in eBook pricing. Reuters has more: “The suit brought on behalf of e-book customers, alleges Apple and the publishers colluded to shift e-book pricing from a wholesale method, where retailers pay for the product and charge what they like, to agency

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  Dept. Of Justice Investigates eBook Business

  856 readersFollowing an investigation in Europe, the U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into the eBook industry. The investigations will look at if Apple and publishers are breaking any antitrust laws when pricing eBooks. The Wall Street Journal has more: “At a congressional hearing, Sharis Pozen, the Justice Department’s acting antitrust chief, said: ‘We are also

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  Simon & Schuster settles price-fixing class-action lawsuit

  1086 readersCNet reports that Simon & Schuster, who has already settled its antitrust dispute with the Department of Justice, has joined HarperCollins and Hachette in settling the price-fixing class-action lawsuit by 29 states overseen by judge Denise Cote (who issued a ruling a couple of days ago denying the publishers’ and Apple’s motion to dismiss). The

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  SECOND Class Action Suit Against Apple, this time w/ the Big6. Apple accused of altering 2nd photo in Samsung suit.

  1623 readers "Finkelstein Thompson Files Class Action Suit Against Apple Teleread's Chris Meadows points to the ebooknewser story today on the new lawsuit that, in this 2nd case, also includes Random House. Finkelstein Thompson, a consumer rights and antitrust law firm, filed the new class action complaint in New York against Apple and the Big6 book publishers, alleging

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  New US Lawsuit Accuses Apple of E-Book Price Fixing

  2113 readersBy Edward Nawotka First, the European Union, now the United States… Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class-action law firm, today announced it has filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit claiming that Apple Inc. is guilty of illegal price fixing related to the Agency Model for pricing e-books. HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin and S&S are also named in the

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  Court of Appeals kills any possibility of Google Books settlement

  1284 readers That’s because in a class action the plaintiffs have to be “representative” of the class they are supposed to represent.  If they are not then the class will not be certified and all the litigation can do is bind those plaintiffs who are actually present in the case. As reported by Publishers Weekly, a recent decision

• Earlier Rulings Could Provide Clues to Outcome of DoJ E-Book Case

  726 readers Publishers Lunch looked at the previous antitrust rulings of Judge Denise Cotes, who the Department of Justice requested preside over its case against Apple, Penguin and Macmillan, to see whether they could provide insight into how she might rule (What Judge Denise Cote’s Past Rulings May Say About The eBook Price Fixing Case): When the Department