Judge Cote’s rules in favor of settlement in DOJ’s price fixing case

Introduction

As I posted yesterday, Judge Cote approved the settlement between the DOJ and Simon & Schuster; Hachette; and HarperCollins. The decision which can be read in its entirety here was rendered without delay because, as Judge Cote wrote on the last page of her decision “E-books consumers should not be forced to wait until after the June 2013 trial to experience the significant anticipated benefits of the decree.”

The majority of the battle was won when the DOJ made the case in its peti...