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IN RE ELECTRONIC BOOKS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Nos. 11 MD 2293 (DLC), 12 Civ. 3394 (DLC)

IN RE: ELECTRONIC BOOKS ANTITRUST LITIGATION. THE STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve W. Berman , George W. Sampson , Sean Matt , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA,

Jeff D. Friedman , Shana Scarlett , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, CA, Kit A. Pierson , Emmy L. Levens , Jeffrey B. Dubner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, Douglas Richards , Cohen Milsten Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, NY, for class plaintiffs.

Robert L. Hubbard , Geralyn J. Trujillo , Linda Gargiulo , Assistant Attorneys General, Antitrust Bureau, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs States, for State of New York, Liaison Counsel for Plaintiff States.

Gabriel Gervey , Kayna Stavast-Piper , Eric Lipman , Assistant Attorneys General, Austin, TX, for State of Texas.

Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Daniel G. Swanson , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Cynthia Richman , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, Howard E. Heiss , Edwad Moss , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, For defendant Apple Inc.

OPINION & ORDER

DENISE COTE, District Judge.

Four related lawsuits have been filed against Apple and five publishers1 for fixing the prices of e-books in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 ("Sherman Act"). One of the actions was filed by the United States of America ("DOJ"). United States v. Apple Inc., 12 Civ. 2826 (S.D.N.Y.) (the "DOJ Action"). A second action...

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