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Second Circuit affirms Apple liability for e-book price-fixing, but the fight is far from over

By Leah Nylen ( June 30, 2015, 22:07 GMT | Insight) -- A starkly divided three-judge panel sided with the US Department of Justice on Tuesday, holding Apple liable for fixing prices of e-books. The decision is unlikely to be the last word, though, as the iPadmaker said it was “assessing next steps” and maintained it did nothing wrong. The 2-1 decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit produced three separate opinions, with the majority and dissenting judges staking out opposing positions on how courts should analyze vertical relationships in the wake of a 2007 Supreme Court case that upended 100 years of federal antitrust law on that issue.A starkly divided three-judge panel sided with the US Department of Justice on Tuesday, holding Apple liable for fixing prices of e-books. The decision is unlikely to be the last word, though, as the iPadmaker said it was “assessing next steps” and maintained it did nothing wrong. ...

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