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In Amicus Brief, Authors Guild, ABA, B&N Back Apple

In an amicus brief filed on December 2, a coalition of authors groups and booksellers urged the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision finding Apple liable for its role in a 2010 conspiracy to fix e-book prices. In the 37-page filing, the Authors Guild, Authors United (the group organized by Douglas Preston in 2014), the American Booksellers Association, and Barnes & Noble, argue that Apple’s entry into the market in fact benefited consumers.

“Absent correction,” the brief states, the lower court decisions against Apple “threaten to undermine the very objective of antitrust law—to ensure robust competition.”

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