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The settlement, which is contingent on a 2 nd circuit court of appeals judge affirming a ruling against apple, will wrap up the multimillion dollar antitrust lawsuit filed by consumers who felt the tech giant had colluded with electronic. Department of justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against apple and five large publishers, accusing the companies of working together to raise prices of ebooks. Apple, penguin and macmillan want to protect the socalled. Apple blames book publishers in ebooks antitrust lawsuit. Hachette book group usa, harpercollins publishers l.
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