IDG News Service-Three book publishers will pay more than$69 million to U.S.states to settle charges they collaborated to fix prices of e-books. Hachette Book Group,HarperCollins Publishers and Simon&Schuster have agreed to an antitrust ...
Tags: E-Book Publishers, pricing-fixing, retail prices, Apple
IDG News Service - Apple has opposed a government proposed judgment in an e-books price-fixing lawsuit, stating that the judgement seeks to terminate and rewrite its contracts "before a single document has been introduced into evidence, ...
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A U.S.Department of Justice investigation has concluded that a multifaceted$3.9 billion agreement between Verizon Wireless and four of the largest cable TV network operators in the country could substantially harm competition and lead to ...
Tags: DOJ, Verizon Wireless, FiOS, Spectrum Deal, wireless communications
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has offered to do a deal with U.S. prosecutors, who are seeking his extradition from New Zealand to the U.S. "Hey DOJ, we will go to the US. No need for extradition. We want bail, funds unfrozen for lawyers & ...
Tags: USA, Dotcom, business case, Megaupload
Sharp said Monday it has agreed to pay Dell and two other companies$198.5 million to settle a lawsuit for fixing LCD panel prices in Europe and North America. The company agreed to settle the civil lawsuit,which was first filed in ...
Tags: Sharp, Dell, price-fixing lawsuit, LCD panel prices, Asian LCD makers