Status: closed
ebook (antitrust)
Defendant: Hachette; HarperCollins; Simon & Schuster; Macmillan; Penguin
The companies reached a settlement over allegations of conspiracy to fix and raise retail prices of E-books. Consumers may be eligible for partial refunds if they purchased E-books between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012 that were published by the following companies:
• Hachette Book Group, Inc. (“Hachette”);
• HarperCollins Publishers LLC (“HarperCollins”);
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. and Simon & Schuster Digital Sales, Inc. (“Simon & Schuster”);
• Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, known as Macmillan (“Macmillan”); and
• Penguin Group (USA) Inc. (“Penguin”).
On March 25, 2014, credit notification emails were sent out to eligible consumers. On March 27, 2014, postcard checks were mailed to eligible consumers.
Credits that are not used and checks that are not cashed by April 1, 2015 will be void.