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Apple is last holdout in DOJ e-book case

by Mel Martin (Feb 8th, 2013)

It must feel pretty lonely in the Apple legal department today. Media and wire service reports say that Apple is the only company that has not made an out-of-court settlement with the US Department of Justice in a price-fixing investigation over the price of e-books. Macmillan has just settled ...

Apple calls Dept. of Justice settlement proposal unlawful

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 16th, 2012)

Apple is making it known that it will not accept the ebook settlement terms proposed by the Department of Justice, says a report in Paid Content. Under the DOJ's proposal, Apple would have to sever its current contracts and renegotiate new ones with three book publishers - HarperCollins, Hachette ...

Settlement may have been reached in missing iPhone 4S case

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 8th, 2012)

Remember that missing iPhone 4S that was allegedly lost at the Cava 22 lounge and tracked to a residence in San Francisco? The home was possibly searched illegally by Apple security and the home's owner, Sergio Calderon, threatened to sue. It appears the whole debacle may have been settled ...

Department of Justice reportedly planning antitrust suit against Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 8th, 2012)

According to a Wall Street Journal Report, the Department of Justice is threatening to sue Apple and five book publishers for artificially inflating the price of ebooks. The five book publishers include Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Pearson PLC's Penguin Group, Macmillan and ...

US senator Schumer calls for FTC investigation of Apple, Google

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 5th, 2012)

A Reuters report says US Senator Charles Schumer is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple and Google over its handling of photos. A recent New York Times report discussed a privacy breach that lets any iOS app with location permission to access a user's photo album. A follow-up ...

U.S. Department of Justice joins Apple ebook pricing investigation

by Chris Rawson (Dec 8th, 2011)

Just a couple days after European antitrust regulators launched an investigation into allegations of ebook price fixing among Apple and several major book publishers, the US Department of Justice is now joining the fray. Computerworld reports that DOJ acting antitrust chief Sharis Pozen is ...

European antitrust regulators probe Apple's e-book deals

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 6th, 2011)

The European Commission has formally launched an antitrust investigation against Apple and book publishers Hachette Libre, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Holtzbrinck, the German owner of Macmillan. The commission is looking into the possibility that Apple conspired with these ...

New York State probes Apple's deal for NYC Grand Central Terminal space

by Chris Rawson (Dec 1st, 2011)

Exactly one day after the terms of Apple's rental deal for its new Grand Central Terminal retail store became public, New York State investigators are looking into whether the Metropolitan Transit Authority gave "overly generous terms" to Apple for the space. The New York Post reports that the ...

EU antitrust body to investigate Samsung's use of patents against Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 5th, 2011)

Apple has been waging a legal battle with Samsung over the look and feel of its Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets. In response, Samsung filed a series of its own patent infringement lawsuits against Apple that involve 3G technology. These countersuits may have landed Samsung in hot water ...

San Fran PD looking for security footage at lost iPhone bar

by Mike Schramm (Sep 26th, 2011)

CNET is reporting that the San Francisco Police Department is poking around local bar Cava 22, the same establishment where a prototype iPhone was supposed to have been lost a little while ago. The owner of the bar says that the SFPD came by asking for surveillance videotape of July 21 and 22 ...

App developers could face US privacy investigation

by Dana Franklin (Apr 6th, 2011)

Hey app, did you just send my personal data or my phone's unique electronic identification number over the internet without my permission? Federal prosecutors in New Jersey are trying to answer this question in an ongoing investigation, the Wall Street Journal reports. The federal probe aims to ...

Lost iPhone investigation almost done

by Mike Schramm (Sep 22nd, 2010)

We could finally be nearing the end of the lost iPhone saga. Way back in April, police launched a probe into the alleged sale of the lost prototype iPhone 4 that was found in a bar near San Jose earlier this year, and CNET is now reporting that the investigation is almost over. Chief Deputy District ...

Apple, others talking to DoJ about anti-poaching agreement

by Mike Schramm (Sep 18th, 2010)

Apple, Google, Pixar, Intel, and a few other companies are currently in talks with the Department of Justice about an alleged anti-poaching agreement, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. The government is considering accusing the companies of agreeing to not hire each others' ...

European Commission investigating Apple's stance on Flash

by Steven Sande (Aug 10th, 2010)

In June, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began an investigation into Apple's decision to ban developers from using Adobe's Flash-to-iPhone compiler and similar tools to create apps for iOS devices. Apple has also banned Adobe Flash from iOS devices, throwing its full support behind HTML5 as a ...

Lost iPhone warrant withdrawn, Gizmodo agrees to cooperate in investigation

by Mike Schramm (Jul 16th, 2010)

The search warrant against Gizmodo editor Jason Chen has been withdrawn, the EFF reports today. Chen's house was searched a few months ago after the Gawker blog reportedly purchased the lost iPhone 4 prototype, but the San Mateo District Attorney has decided to drop the warrant and return all ...