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U.S. v. Apple, et al. - Index of Comments

United States
v.
Apple, Inc., Hachette Book Group, Inc., HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C., Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GmbH, Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC d/b/a Macmillan, the Penguin Group, a Division of Pearson PLC, Penguin Group (USA), Inc., and Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Index of Comments Regarding Settlement of Defendants Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster

The U.S. Department of Justice invited public comment regarding settlement of defendants Hachette Book Group, Inc., HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C., and Simon & Schuster, Inc. in the matter of U.S. v. Apple, Inc., et al. The comment period ended on June 25, 2012 and 868 timely public comments were received.*

Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 16, comments and responses were filed with the court, referenced in the Federal Register, and are published below. This page contains links to the United States' Response, the public comments, and related resources.

U.S. Response to Public Comments: Response of Plaintiff United States to Public Comments on the Proposed Final Judgment

Related pages:


Public Comments

Comments ATC-0001 to ATC-0200
Comments ATC-0201 to ATC-0400
Comments ATC-0401 to ATC-0600
Comments ATC-0601 to ATC-0800
Comments ATC-0801 to ATC-0851

Alphabetical list of comments by individual or entity

Detailed comments discussed in the U.S. Response


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* Among the 868 comments timely submitted were eighteen letters that are identical but for the individual signatures of the commenters. Those letters were consolidated under one comment number, ATC-0184.

Updated January 23, 2024