Apple Ruling Too Punitive? While consumers and industry watchers alike have spent a fair amount of… Mercy Pilkington3 August 2013One comment2 minute read
Macmillan’s Settlement Terms Finalized After countless hours of legal battle, Macmillan has finally agreed upon a… Mercy Pilkington1 May 2013One comment2 minute read
HarperCollins and Hachette Disband Agency Model for the UK HarperCollins and Hachette are the first major publishers to absolve the agency… Michael Kozlowski3 April 2013One comment2 minute read
The European Union Strikes Down Agency Pricing for eBooks The European Union today announced a court settlement with Apple, Simon &… Michael Kozlowski13 December 2012One comment1 minute read
Amazon Customers to Receive Account Credits from eBook Settlement As part of the settlement terms in several states’ Attorneys General lawsuits… Mercy Pilkington13 October 2012One comment2 minute read
Judge Approves eBook Settlement, Price Power Back to the Retailers In a long-awaited decision from Judge Denise Cote, the court approved the… Mercy Pilkington8 September 20123 comments2 minute read
Barnes and Noble Weighs in On the DoJ Lawsuit, Predicting an Apple Victory Last week, GoodeReader posed a rhetorical question, essentially asking why so many… Mercy Pilkington6 August 20123 comments3 minute read
Judge Denies Penguin’s Motion to Go to Arbitration While the class action lawsuit against Apple, Penguin and Macmillan moves forward… Mercy Pilkington3 July 2012One comment1 minute read
Trial Date Set for Apple Anti-Trust Lawsuit Consumers interested in finding out what will happen in the anti-trust lawsuit… Mercy Pilkington23 June 20122 comments2 minute read
Penguin, Macmillan Speak Out on Their Actions in DoJ Investigation There has been an almost conspicuous lack of comments from the parties… Mercy Pilkington1 June 2012One comment2 minute read
Three of the Big Six Terminate Their Agreement with Apple The antitrust proceedings against Apple and five of the Big Six publishers… Mercy Pilkington31 May 20122 comments2 minute read
Simon & Schuster Settles in Price Fixing Lawsuit Three of the five publishers named in the class-action lawsuit and the… Mercy Pilkington18 May 2012One comment1 minute read
There May Be No Class Action Suit Against Publishers in eBook Price Fixing Case What began life as a class action lawsuit filed by Seattle-based… Mercy Pilkington3 May 2012One comment1 minute read
Apple Wants Its Day in Court Despite having three of its co-defendants in the price fixing lawsuit raised… Mercy Pilkington19 April 2012One comment2 minute read
Penguin Refuses to Settle in Dept of Justice Lawsuit In the investigation launched by the Department of Justice against Apple, Inc… Mercy Pilkington12 April 2012One comment2 minute read
Big Six Publishers Not Renewing Contracts with Amazon? Paul Biba at Teleread wrote a fairly concise breakdown of an article… Mercy Pilkington10 April 2012One comment2 minute read
Several Key Players Weigh in on Apple, Big Six Investigation The only real news in the US Department of Justice’s investigation of… Mercy Pilkington10 April 2012One comment2 minute read
Apple, Pearson, and Macmillan Continue to Fight Against eBook Settlement Apple, Pearson and Macmillan are fighting tooth and nail to bow down… Michael Kozlowski5 April 20125 comments2 minute read
Apple’s Price Fixing Suit May Have Hurt Indie Authors Apple and five of the Big Six publishers are still undergoing a… Mercy Pilkington4 April 2012One comment2 minute read
Apple Refutes Price Fixing Allegations GoodeReader reported last week on the current state of anti-trust investigations against… Mercy Pilkington12 March 2012One comment2 minute read
Apple, Publishers Facing Heat from Justice Department In what started out as a class-action lawsuit filed by a Seattle-based… Mercy Pilkington8 March 20123 comments2 minute read
European Commission Launches Antitrust Investigation Against Apple and eBook Agency Pricing The European Commission has formally launched their official investigation against Apple and… Michael Kozlowski6 December 2011No comments2 minute read