Amazon should face ebook claims, magistrate recommends

Anna Langlois

03 August 2023

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Amazon may have to face claims it illegally monopolised the market for retail ebooks after a magistrate judge in New York found that purchasers had plausibly alleged they suffered antitrust injury.

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Amazon should face ebook claims, magistrate recommends

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