DOJ Says Publishers Are Again Colluding in Objecting to Proposed Apple Penalty in E-Book Case

DOJ Says Publishers Are Again Colluding in Objecting to Proposed Apple Penalty in E-Book Case

With Apple and the U.S. Department of Justice headed back to court today for a hearing on the government's proposed penalties for Apple, GigaOM highlights several developments in the case. Of particular interest is a letter from DOJ attorney Lawrence Buterman arguing that an objection to the proposed penalties by the publishers that were part of the case is direct evidence of why the penalties are needed to protect consumers.“A necessary component of this Court’s decision finding Apple liable for horizontal price-fixing is that the publishers themselves were engaged in a horizontal price-fixing conspiracy�