As the Department of Justice’s bizarre prosecution of Apple hits the halfway point…
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Day 5 of the Apple ebooks trial: Publishing execs testify; Rupert Murdoch’s role
U.S. vs. Apple resumed in New York Monday after a three-day break…
U.S. DOJ takes Apple to trial alleging e-book price-fixing
The trial pits the maker of the popular iPad and iPhone against the U.S. Justice Department…
Apple unlikely to settle U.S. e-book price-fixing case
Apple (AAPL) is under pressure to settle a civil antitrust case…
In pretrial view, judge says leaning toward U.S. DOJ over Apple in e-books case
In an unusual move before a trial…
Penguin to pay $75 million in e-book settlement with US State Attorneys General
Penguin has reached a comprehensive agreement with the US State Attorneys General…
The hot mess that is Apple’s e-book legal fight with U.S. DOJ
The U.S. DOJ is painting Apple as the ‘ringmaster’ of an ebook price-fixing conspiracy…
Apple: Deals with publishers improved e-books competition
Apple did not conspire to fix e-book prices…
Apple tells U.S. DOJ of tough talks, not collusion, with publishers
Apple Inc responded to Justice Department accusations it conspired with publishers…
Apple, six others win ruling blocking class action antitrust lawsuit
Apple Inc. (AAPL) and six other companies won a court order to block…
Steve Jobs threatened patent suit to enforce no-hire policy, according to court filing
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs threatened to file a patent lawsuit against Palm…
U.S. reaches e-books settlement with Penguin
The Justice Department said on Tuesday it has reached a settlement with Pearson Plc’s Penguin Group…
Amazon offers ebook refunds in price-fixing settlement
Amazon will offer partial refunds to customers who bought ebooks…
Judge rubber-stamps U.S. e-books settlement
In a move that could reshape the publishing industry, a federal judge…
Apple, four publishers offer e-books antitrust concessions, says source
Apple and four major publishers have offered to allow retailers such as Amazon…
Apple bashes Amazon, calls U.S. DOJ settlement proposal ‘fundamentally unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented’
In a memo filed with the Southern District of New York this afternoon…
U.S. antitrust settlement with e-book publishers should be approved, feds say
A U.S. antitrust settlement with e- book publishers…
U.S. Justice Department slams Apple, refuses to modify e-book settlement
The Justice Department released a document today that characterized criticism by Apple…
Pressure mounts on Justice Dept. to drop Apple e-books suit; Schumer the latest to say Obama’s DOJ got it wrong
From the day it was filed there seemed something ill-conceived about the Justice Department…
U.S. senator Schumer: Myopic DOJ needs to drop Apple e-books suit
Recently the Department of Justice filed suit against Apple and major publishers…
Apple’s U.S. e-books antitrust case set for 2013 trial
Apple Inc. and book publishers that haven’t settled e-book price-fixing claims…
U.S. government complains, claims Apple trying to rush e-books antitrust case
The U.S. government says Apple Inc. wants to rush its New York antitrust lawsuit…
Barnes & Noble blasts U.S. DOJ e-book settlement proposal
Barnes & Noble has come out firing against the U.S. government’s proposed settlement…
The pen that revolutionizes your iPad; developer castigates Australian government over tax system
Collusion turns the iPad into a useful productivity device for business and education…
Penguin and Macmillan blast U.S. DOJ, deny e-book ‘price fixing’ allegations
The government’s complaint ‘piles innuendo on top of innuendo.’
Apple files legal response to e-book class-action suit
Apple has now filed a legal response to the similar-but-separate e-book ‘price-fixing”‘ class-action lawsuit…
Apple to DOJ: Bite me; U.S. Justice Department may regret trying to make its e-book antitrust suit stick to Apple
The U.S. government starts from the false premise…
Apple: U.S. government’s e-book antitrust lawsuit ‘is fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and law’
Apple Inc is rejecting charges that it conspired to fix prices of electronic books…
Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit, Pixar, and Lucasfilm fail to get staff-poaching antitrust lawsuit dismissed
Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel Corp and four other technology companies…
Australian gov’t considers suing Apple, five major publishers over eBook pricing
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has urged local retailers…
Why the market shrugged off the Apple antitrust suit
Why didn’t Apple’s (AAPL) share price take a huge hit after news broke…
What’s wrong with the U.S. DOJ?
What should be the price of the paperless word, now that books are going digital…
Macmillan CEO blasts U.S. DOJ; gov’t on verge of killing real competition for appearance of competition
MacMillan CEO John Sargent has posted the following open letter…
U.S. DOJ hits Apple, major publishers with antitrust lawsuit, alleges collusion on eBook prices
The U.S. hit Apple Inc. and five of the nation’s largest publishers…
U.S. Justice Department confirms antitrust probe of Apple iBookstore, publishers, e-book industry
The U.S. Justice Department confirmed Wednesday that it is conducting an antitrust investigation …