Did Apple Rob Your Library?
The U.S. Department of Justice is much like erstwhile brokerage firm E.F. Hutton once was. When it talks, people listen. So when the DOJ this week filed an antitrust suit against Apple and five major book publishers for fixing prices in the electronic book (e-Book) publishing market, the industry noticed. These are myriad moving pieces to this complex and evolving.. read more →
Ninth Circuit Rejects Alleged Cable TV Bundling Antitrust Claims
As originally published in Forbes (June 8, 2011). In Brantley v. NBC Universal, Inc. (9th Cir. Jun. 3, 2011), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took a close look at a “putative class” of cable and satellite television subscribers who alleged that the selling practices of that market’s programmers and distributors constituted.. read more →