Amazon, Publishers Seek to Knock Out Refiled E-book Price-Fixing Suit (publishersweekly.com)

In separate court filings this week, lawyers for Amazon and the Big Five publishers said that a revived class action suit accusing them of colluding to fix e-book prices is not significantly different from the case that was dismissed in September for lack of evidence, and should not be allowed to go forward.

“Defendants’ actions remain better explained as independent, self-interested business decisions than as an illogical conspiracy to entrench Amazon at the publisher defendants’ expense,” reads a letter from the publishers’ lawyers, requesting a pre-motion conference ahead of filing a formal motion to dismiss. “To state a claim, plaintiffs must—but fail to—allege concerted action and a specific intent to monopolize.”
more at: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91089-amazon-publishers-seek-to-knock-out-revived-e-book-price-fixing-suit.html

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