Hachette, HarperCollins Pact Should Get Approval, U.S. Says
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A U.S. antitrust settlement with e-book publishers Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group and HarperCollins should be approved by a judge, lawyers for the federal government said in a court filing.
CBS Corp.’s Simon & Schuster, News Corp.’s HarperCollins and Lagardère SCA’s Hachette Book Group previously agreed to settle a U.S. lawsuit alleging e-book price-fixing. Lawyers for the government today filed papers in Manhattan asking U.S. District Judge Denise Cote to sign off on the accord.