Hagens Berman has moved to intervene in at least five “copycat” lawsuits in federal court in New York. The firm said it hopes to consolidate all the litigation in the Northern District of California, where it is pursuing a price fixing case against electronic book publishers and retailers.
In an Aug. 24 motion, filed in all five cases, Jason Zweig, of counsel in the Seattle firm’s New York office, argued that their core allegations were identical to those brought by his firm. All six cases, which were filed this month, allege that Apple, which launched the iPad and iBookstore last year, and publishers including HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Pearson PLC’s Penguin Group (USA) and Simon & Schuster, illegally colluded to fix the prices of electronic books. Their acts served to boost profits and eliminate the competitively discounted prices offered by Amazon Inc. for its Kindle device, according to the suits.
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