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Title: Analysis: Antitrust ruling could temper Apple's revolutionary zeal Post by: HCK on July 10, 2013, 11:01:30 pm Analysis: Antitrust ruling could temper Apple's revolutionary zeal
A federal judge’s ruling Wednesday that Apple violated antitrust laws in its dealings with book publishers may limit the ways in which the company strikes deals in other industries going forward. “Apple will be under more scrutiny,” both from the U.S. Department of Justice and other government regulatory agencies, said Jerry Reisman, a partner and antitrust attorney in the Garden City, New York, law firm Reisman, Peirez, Reisman and Capobianco. “This is a successful civil prosecution of an antitrust case against Apple,” Reisman said. “It could possibly lead to other further investigations in which Apple is engaged in anti-competitive pricing.” As a result, Apple may be more cautious about entering into other markets with the same zeal. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here http://www.macworld.com/article/2044042/us-antitrust-ruling-could-temper-apples-revolutionary-zeal.html#tk.rss_all |