Apple monitor to stay in ebooks case, with boundaries

Apple will continue to be watched by an antitrust monitor during its appeal of a court order creating the position, a court ruled.While a setback for Apple, which had asked for a stay of the appointment of an external compliance monitor in an ebooks price-fixing conspiracy case, the ruling by the appeals court on Monday also sets boundaries for the monitor.In 2012, the Department of Justice along with 33 states and U.S. territories brought a lawsuit charging that Apple and five major U.S. book publishers conspired to raise prices in the ebook market in 2010.Ruling last year that Apple and the publishers conspired to raise the prices of ebooks, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York had ordered the appointment of the monitor to evaluate whether Apple’s compliance and training programs were designed to detect and prevent future violations of antitrust laws, according to court records.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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