Media & Communications Law
Google Books Settlement May Violate Antitrust Law, DOJ Contends
Posted Jul 2, 2009, 04:33 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
A pending settlement between Google Inc. and groups representing authors and publishers could violate antitrust law, the U.S. Department of Justice says in a letter to the federal judge in the Southern District of New York who is overseeing the case.
Although the DOJ has made no finding that antitrust law would, in fact, be violated by the planned settlement concerning Google's plan to make a large number of books available online, it is investigating the settlement, reports the New York Times.
“This is the next step in the notion that this is a serious issue, so serious that the Justice Department needs to notify the court,” attorney Gary Reback of Carr & Ferrell tells the… Continue reading...
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