WATERLOO, ON, July 29, 2014 /CNW/ - Class action lawsuits
covering all of Canada were commenced in Ontario, British
Columbia and Quebec against
Apple Inc. and various Publishers of E-Books, alleging that they
conspired to fix, maintain, increase or control the price of
E-Books sold by them in Canada
from April 1, 2010 to September 22, 2014.
A proposed settlement was reached with the Publishers - Hachette
Book Group Canada Ltd, Hachette Book Group Inc., HarperCollins
Canada Limited, HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Macmillan Publishers,
Inc., Penguin Group (USA) LLC
(formerly Penguin Group (USA),
INC.), Penguin Canada Books, Inc. and Simon & Schuster Canada, a division of CBS Canada
Holdings Co. – but must still be approved by the Ontario and Quebec Courts to be effective. The
class actions have been certified by the Courts for settlement
purposes in relation to the Publishers only.
SOURCE Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc.