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Title: Fraud, bid-rigging, jail terms and the Apple e-book conspiracy Post by: HCK on February 02, 2014, 02:00:03 pm Fraud, bid-rigging, jail terms and the Apple e-book conspiracy
Barack Obama's top Sherman Act enforcer explains why his division prosecuted Apple. <p>FORTUNE -- Bill Baer, head of the DOJ's antitrust division, spoke at some length Thursday night about the e-book case that "put a stop" in his words, "to Apple's anticompetitive conduct."</p> <p>But before he got to Apple (AAPL), Baer rattled off a list of his division's accomplishments in the five years since President Obama a took office. Among them:</p> Prosecuted price fixing and bid rigging MORE (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/31/apple-baer-ebook-antitrust/)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tech.fortune.cnn.com&blog=8466345&post=132766&subd=fortunebrainstormtech&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortuneapple20/~4/QNKU7bUvRIQ" height="1" width="1"/> Source: Fraud, bid-rigging, jail terms and the Apple e-book conspiracy (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/fortuneapple20/~3/QNKU7bUvRIQ/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/31/apple-baer-ebook-antitrust/#commentshttp://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/31/apple-baer-ebook-antitrust/feed/atom/) |