U.S. District Judge Denise Cote (Manhattan, NY) has set a trial date for the eBook price-fixing case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice. The trial will be held in a little less than a year, on June 3, 2013. Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin have chosen to defend their eBook pricing policies in court.
HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette had already settled with the DOJ, and plan to submit proposed settlements to Judge Cote within a few months to resolve state antitrust claims arising out of the same actions.
Full content: Reuters via Chicago Tribune
Related content: United States v. Apple and the Contemporary Legitimacy of Antitrust
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