Acting Assistant Attorney General Sharis Pozen has informed the US Department of Justice that she will be stepping down as head of the antitrust division in April, leaving the Obama Administration just three months to get new division leadership confirmed in the Senate.
Telling documents revealed in Silicon Valley hiring case
Monday, 23 January
Plaintiffs have presented new evidence of “non-poaching” agreements between Apple and other high-tech Silicon Valley companies, in a US antitrust class action in California, including emails in which Palm’s chief-executive told Apple’s Steve Jobs that the practice was “likely illegal”.
New evidence presented in e-books class action
Monday, 23 January
US plaintiffs suing the country’s largest publishing companies have filed an amendment to their original complaint which contains new allegations and details how the alleged price-fixing conspiracy regarding e-books unfolded.
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