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DOJ suit

• Schumer breaks ranks with Obama to condemn DOJ lawsuit

  There’s been a development in the case of the Department of Justice versus the book industry, and it’s a doozie: Charles Schumer, the senior senator from New York and —… Read more »

• In its case against publishers for violating antitrust law, DOJ charged with “flagrant” violation of … antitrust law

  Everyone seems to agree: The Justice Department’s lawsuit against the publishing industry and Apple for antitrust infractions has violated the laws of logic. Now, it seems, it has also violated… Read more »

• America’s biggest indie publishers join together to criticize DOJ lawsuit

  Nine of the country’s largest indie publishers have joined forces to criticize the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of New York’s Big Six publishers, and in particular… Read more »

• Trial date set for U.S. v. Apple

  A federal judge in New York has set a trial date of June 3, 2013 for U.S. v. Apple, 12-cv-02826, the e-book price-fixing action brought by the Department of Justice against… Read more »

• Legal scholar tells The New Yorker that DOJ case is unwinnable

  In a lengthy New Yorker dispatch on the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of America’s largest publishers Ken Auletta reports that almost no defense strategy is likely… 1 / Read more »

• Indie booksellers echo B&N’s charges against the DOJ and Amazon

  Just days after Barnes & Noble voiced its opposition to the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin and the harsh terms of the settlement with Hachette, Simon &… 1 / Read more »

• B&N joins forces with superstar attorney to explain the obvious to the DOJ in a blunt, exhilarating letter

  Enough already about the BEA, an event held in New York City last week where a big chunk of the book industry stood around talking about Amazon and brooding over… 5 / Read more »

• Penguin v. Random House

  Here’s something not to be missed from Penguin’s reply to the Justice Department’s antitrust action: an email sent by Penguin Group (USA) CEO David Shanks to Steve Riggio, the president… 3 / Read more »

• Penguin, Macmillan answer DOJ lawsuit, accuse the Justice Department of siding with “monopolist retailer Amazon”

  Six weeks after the Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against Apple and five of New York’s Big Six publishers, the two standing publisher defendants, Penguin and Macmillan, formally… 5 / Read more »

• Apple tells the DOJ to get real

  In a blistering riposte to the Department of Justice lawsuit charging it and five of the Big Six publishing houses with antitrust violations, Apple has called the government’s case “a… Read more »