MobyLives’ coverage of the DOJ lawsuit
SCOTUS denies Apple’s appeal, bringing an end to four-year ebook pricing case
Apple Inc. v. United States of America et al. is no more. Despite the support of multiple high-profile author and bookseller advocates, the Supreme Court refused to consider the case,… Read more »
Leading booksellers and authors’ groups join together to file pro-Apple petition with Supreme Court
New developments in the court case that never ends: As reported in this Shelf Awareness story, the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Authors United (AU), Barnes & Noble and the Authors Guild (AG) joined… Read more »
Apple generously offers government one last chance to do the right thing
Welcome back, friends, to the case that never ends (until it does): Last week, Nate Raymond at Reuters reported that Apple has petitioned the Supreme Court to consider the case of Apple Inc. v.… Read more »
Apple loses antitrust appeal
Yesterday, a Federal Appeals Court located in New York City delivered a 2-1 decision upholding Judge Denise Cote’s verdict that Apple committed antitrust violations by conspiring to fix ebook prices… Read more »
Apple’s appeal: Hey, did anyone in the government notice that Amazon owned 90% of the ebook market?
Remember that ol’ lawsuit between Apple and the Department of Justice? (If not, catch up here.) On Monday, there was a 90-minute hearing at the Second Circuit Court in Manhattan.… Read more »
What’s the real story behind the Amazon-S&S deal?
Conspiracy theories about the surprising deal between Simon & Schuster and Amazon ran rampant in the publishing industry yesterday. They started with the announcement of the deal itself—because the news… Read more »
WSJ editorial: “Amazon loves government”
The Wall Street Journal ran a concise editorial this week titled, “Amazon loves government,” arguing that Amazon is not choosing lower prices for the consumer’s benefit, but to drive out… Read more »
Lawsuit pile-on! Shareholders sue Apple
Talk about kicking a multimillion-dollar corporation when they’re down. Last Thursday brought a new lawsuit for Apple, this time not from Amazon the US government, but from its very own:… Read more »
Apple: “Never before has a court found a company liable under the antitrust laws for entry into a market dominated by a single company”
On Wednesday—a month after a deal was announced—the terms of Apple’s U.S. v. Apple settlement with the states and consumers were filed. As Publishers Weekly’s Andrew Albanese reports, “Apple could… Read more »
Did Judge Denise Cote accidentally screw Amazon?
Well, hell, no sooner do I chide big publishing for not speaking out about what’s really behind the war between Hachette and Amazon, and for issuing a series of “no… Read more »