IN RE ELECTRONIC BOOKS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Nos. 11md2293 (DLC), 12cv3394 (DLC)

IN RE ELECTRONIC BOOKS ANTITRUST LITIGATION. THE STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

August 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shilpa Grover, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Don Allen Resnikoff , Finkelstein Thompson, L.L.P., Douglas G. Thompson , Finkelstein,Thompson & Loughran, Eugene J. Benick , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Fred Taylor Isquith , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP & Michael Glenn McLellan , Finkelstein Thompson LLP.

Fredric A. Press, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Don Allen Resnikoff , Finkelstein Thompson, L.L.P., Douglas G. Thompson , Finkelstein,Thompson & Loughran, Eugene J. Benick , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Fred Taylor Isquith , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP & Michael Glenn McLellan , Finkelstein Thompson LLP.

Anthony Petru, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Allen Zweig , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Shana Eve Scarlett , Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP & Stuart Mckinley Paynter , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC.

Jeffrey Evans, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Craig M. Essenmacher , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobnson LLP, Douglas G. Thompson , Finkelstein,Thompson & Loughran, Fred Taylor Isquith , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Keith Essenmacher , Lovell, Steward, Halebian L.L.P. & Michael Glenn McLellan , Finkelstein Thompson LLP.

Clarissa Weiss, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Craig M. Essenmacher , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobnson LLP, Douglas G. Thompson , Finkelstein,Thompson & Loughran, Fred Taylor Isquith , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Keith Essenmacher , Lovell, Steward, Halebian L.L.P. & Michael Glenn McLellan , Finkelstein Thompson LLP.

Rhonda Burstein, Plaintiff, represented by Jay W. Eisenhofer , Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., John D. Radice , Grant & Eisenhofer, PA & Linda P. Nussbaum , Grant & Eisenhofer P.A..

Juan Sotomayor, Plaintiff, represented by Charles Pearsall Goodwin , Berger & Montague, P.C., David Howard Leventhal , Law Office of David H. Leventhal, David Francis Sorensen , Berger & Montague, P.C, Eric L. Cramer , Berger & Montague, P.C., Jan R. Bartelli , Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, Kendall S. Zylstra , Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP & Stephen E. Connolly , Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP.

Robert Cheatham, Plaintiff, represented by Jay L. Himes , Labaton & Sucharow LLP & Gregory Scott Asciolla , Labaton Sucharow LLP.

John T. Meyer, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Richard A. Lockridge , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen, P.L.L.P. & W. Joseph Bruckner , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen & Holstein, P.L.L.P..

Paul Meyer, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Craig M. Essenmacher , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobnson LLP, Fred Taylor Isquith , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Heidi M. Silton , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen P.L.L.P., Keith Essenmacher , Lovell, Steward, Halebian L.L.P. & W. Joseph Bruckner , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen & Holstein, P.L.L.P..

Paul J. Meyer, on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Craig M. Essenmacher , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobnson LLP, Fred Taylor Isquith , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Heidi M. Silton , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen P.L.L.P., Keith Essenmacher , Lovell, Steward, Halebian L.L.P., Richard A. Lockridge , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen, P.L.L.P. & W. Joseph Bruckner , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen & Holstein, P.L.L.P..

Liana Lingofelt, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Craig M. Essenmacher , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobnson LLP, Fred Taylor Isquith , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, Keith Essenmacher , Lovell, Steward, Halebian L.L.P., Richard A. Lockridge , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen, P.L.L.P. & W. Joseph Bruckner , Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen & Holstein, P.L.L.P..

Marcia Greene, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Emmy L Levens , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, George Farah , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, John Douglas Richards , Pomerantz LLP, Kit A. Pierson , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC & Michael Benjamin Eisenkraft , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll P.L.L.C..

Aubrie Ann Jones, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Emmy L Levens , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, George Farah , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, John Douglas Richards , Pomerantz LLP, Kit A. Pierson , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC & Michael Benjamin Eisenkraft , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll P.L.L.C..

David Yastrab, on behalf of himself and all others similiarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Darren J. Robbins , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, David W. Mitchell , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP & Samuel Howard Rudman , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP.

Cyrus Joubin, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Paul F. Novak , Milberg LLP & Peter George Safirstein , Morgan & Morgan, LLP.

Brian Brown, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Brian Douglas Penny , Goldman Scarlato & Karon, P.C..

Harrison Goldman, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Morris Buchman , Motley Rice LLC.

Kevin Rader-Rhodenbaugh, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel Hume , Kirby McInerney LLP, David E Kovel , Kirby McInerney LLP & Gary E. Mason , The Mason Law Firm, P.C..

Brian McGee, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Brett H Cebulash , Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP, Daniel E. Gustafson , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Dianne M. Nast , Roda & Nast, P.C., Erin C Burns , RodaNast P.C. & Kevin Sylvan Landau , Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP.

Carol Ness, Plaintiff, represented by Brett H Cebulash , Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP, Daniel E. Gustafson , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Dianne M. Nast , Roda & Nast, P.C., Erin C Burns , RodaNast P.C. & Kevin Sylvan Landau , Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP.

Katrina Key, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph Peter Guglielmo , Scott + Scott, L.L.P., Daniel Jay Mogin , The Mogin Law Firm P.C., Max Raphael Schwartz , Scott Scott, L.L.P. & Richard S. Frankowski , Burnham Brown.

Patsy Diamond, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, represented by Eugene A. Spector , Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C., Jeffrey J. Corrigan , Spector, Roseman & Kodroff Willis, P.C., Jeffrey L. Kodroff , Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C., Jonathan M. Jagher , Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis PC & Michael Francis Ram , Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski LLP.

Marcus Mathis, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett , Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP & Stuart Mckinley Paynter , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC.

Eugenia Ruane-Gonzales, Eugenia Ruane-Gonzales, Plaintiff, represented by Harry Shulman , Shulman Law.

Steven Rivers, Plaintiff, represented by Amy Marie Zeman , Girrard Gibbs LLP.

Christian Gilstrap, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Cynthia J. Tyler, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Thomas Friedman, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Jeremy Sheppeck, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Aloysius J. Brown, Iii, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Anne M. Rinaldi, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Laura J. Warner, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Barbara Heath, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Kathleen Linda Pitlock, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Kathleen Weiss, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Matthew A. Hosking, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Diane Urbanec, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Ed Macauley, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Ronna Hamelin, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

James L. Nesmith, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Lauren Albert, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Sue Roberts, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Shane S. Davis, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Sue Ellen Gordon, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Charles Leonard Pelton, Sr., Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Kimberly Whiteside Brooks, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Steven D. Campbell, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Jessica Moyer, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Andreas Albeck, Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey Farley Keller , Keller Grover LLP, Gregory Alan Frank , Murray Frank LLP & Jade Erin Butman , Keller Grover LLP.

Rebecca L. Rossman, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jeffrey Scott Goldenberg , Goldenberg Schneider, Lpa, Shana Eve Scarlett , Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Stuart Mckinley Paynter , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC & Todd B. Naylor , Goldenberg Schneider & Groh, LPA.

Miriam Cummings, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jeffrey Scott Goldenberg , Goldenberg Schneider, Lpa, Shana Eve Scarlett , Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Stuart Mckinley Paynter , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC & Todd B. Naylor , Goldenberg Schneider & Groh, LPA.

Carole C. Kehl, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jeffrey Scott Goldenberg , Goldenberg Schneider, Lpa, Shana Eve Scarlett , Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Stuart Mckinley Paynter , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC & Todd B. Naylor , Goldenberg Schneider & Groh, LPA.

Kamal Sonti, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Jeffrey Scott Goldenberg , Goldenberg Schneider, Lpa, Shana Eve Scarlett , Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Stuart Mckinley Paynter , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC & Todd B. Naylor , Goldenberg Schneider & Groh, LPA.

Gretchen Ulbee, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP & Shana Eve Scarlett .

Eugenia Ruane-Gonzales, Plaintiff, represented by Harry Shulman , Shulman Law, Douglas A. Millen , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC & William H. London , Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC.

Katrina Key, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher M. Burke , Scott + Scott, LLP, Daniel Jay Mogin , The Mogin Law Firm P.C., Kristen M. Anderson , Scott + Scott, LLP, Richard S. Frankowski , Burnham Brown & Walter W. Noss , Scott+Scott LLP.

Chad Miller, Plaintiff, represented by Dina Elizabeth Micheletti , Fazio & Micheletti LLP, Jeffrey Louis Fazio , Fazio & Micheletti LLP, Renae Diane Steiner , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C. & Vincent J. Esades , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C..

Grace Hoke, Plaintiff, represented by Dina Elizabeth Micheletti , Fazio & Micheletti LLP, Jeffrey Louis Fazio , Fazio & Micheletti LLP, Renae Diane Steiner , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C. & Vincent J. Esades , Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C..

Steven Rivers, Plaintiff, represented by Amy Marie Zeman , Girrard Gibbs LLP, Elizabeth Cheryl Pritzker , Girard Gibbs LLP & Eric H. Gibbs , Girard, Gibbs & De Bartolomeo.

Susan Horowitz, Plaintiff, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Bryan Lee Clobes , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Christopher B. Sanchez , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Daniel Herrera , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Ellen Meriwether , Miller Faucher & Cafferty, LLP, Kelly Tucker , Caferty Faucher LLP, Shana Eve Scarlett & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Amy D. Nolan, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Mario Nunzio Alioto , Trump Alioto Trump & Prescott LLP, Joseph Mario Patane , Law Office of Joseph M. Patane & Lauren Clare Russell , Trump, Alioto, Trump & Prescott, LLP.

Elvira Monzon, Plaintiff, represented by Steven Joesph Greenfogel , Lite Depalma Greenberg, LLC.

United States Of America, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel McCuaig , U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Div, Mary Beth McGee , United States Litigation III Section, Nathan P. Sutton , United States Litigation III Section, Owen M Kendler , United States Litigation III Section, Stephen Thayer Fairchild , U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division & William H. Jones, II , U.S. Department of Justice.

The State of Texas, Plaintiff, represented by Eric Lipman , Office of The Attorney General, State of Texas, David M. Ashton , Texas Attorney General's Office & Rebecca Fisher , Senior Assistant Attorney General.

The State of Connecticut, Plaintiff, represented by Gary M. Becker , Connecticut Office of the Attorney General, Michael E. Cole , Attorney General & W. Joseph Nielsen , State of Connecticut Office of The Attorney General.

The State of Alaska, Plaintiff, represented by Clyde E. Sniffen, Jr. , Senoir Assistant Attorney General.

The State of Arizona, Plaintiff, represented by Devin M. Laiho , Assistant Attorney General, Nancy M. Bonnell , Attorney General of Arizona & Susan V. Myers , Assistant Attorney General.

The State of Illinois, Plaintiff, represented by Chadwick O. Brooker , Assistant Attorney General & Robert W. Pratt , Office of the Illinois Attorney General Antitrust Bureau.

The State of Colorado, Plaintiff, represented by Devin M. Laiho , Assistant Attorney General.

The State of Iowa, Plaintiff, represented by Layne M. Lindebak , Iowa Department of Justice.

The State of Maryland, Plaintiff, represented by Ellen S. Cooper , Office of the Attorney General, John R. Tennis , State of Maryland & Schonette Walker , Assistant Attorney General.

The State of Missouri, Plaintiff, represented by Anne E. Schneider , Office of the Attorney General & Brianna Lynne Lennon , Assistant Attorney General.

The State of Ohio, Plaintiff, represented by Doreen C. Johnson , Office of the Attorney General, Edward J. Olszewski , Assistant Attorney General, Jessica I. Oldham , Office of the Attorney General & Mitchell L. Gentile , Office of the Ohio Attorney General.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff, represented by James A. Donahue , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Jennifer J. Kirk , Deputy Attorney General & Joseph S. Betsko , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Plaintiff, represented by Jose M. Tous Cardona , Office of the Attorney General & Jose G. Diaz-Tejera , Chief Deputy Attorney General.

The State of South Dakota, Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey P. Hallem , S.D. Office of Attorney General.

the State of Tennessee, Plaintiff, represented by Victor John Domen, Jr. , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General.

The State of Vermont, Plaintiff, represented by Ryan Kriger , Assistant Attorney General.

The State of West Virginia, Plaintiff, represented by Douglas L. Davis , Assisant Attorney General.

The State of Arkansas, Plaintiff, represented by Kevin Wells , Arkansas Attorney General's Office & Nancy M. Bonnell , Attorney General of Arizona.

The District of Columbia, Plaintiff, represented by Catherine Anne Jackson , Attorney General's Office For The District of Columbia.

The State of Florida, Plaintiff, represented by Lizabeth Ann Brady , Fl Office of The Attorney General.

The State of Idaho, Plaintiff, represented by Brett Talmage DeLange , Idaho Attorney General's Office.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Paul Franck , Massachusetts Office of The Attorney General.

The State of Michigan, Plaintiff, represented by Jason Robert Evans , Michigan Department of Attorney General.

The State of Nebraska, Plaintiff, represented by Gregory John Walklin , Nebraska Attorney General's Office & Melissa R. Vincent , Nebraska Attorney General's Office.

The State of New Hampshire, Plaintiff, represented by David A. Rienzo , New Hampshire Department of Justice.

The State of New Mexico, Plaintiff, represented by Matthew E. Jackson , New Mexico Attorney General's Office.

The State Of New York, Plaintiff, represented by Geralyn Jeanette Trujillo , State of New York Office of the Attorney General, Linda J. Gargiulo , New York State Attorney General & Robert L. Hubbard , New York Attorney General's Office, Antitrust Bureau.

The State of North Carolina, Plaintiff, represented by K. D. Sturgis , North Caroilna Department of Justice.

The State of Rhode Island, Plaintiff, represented by Edmund F. Murray , Attorney General of Rhode Island.

The State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, represented by C. Harvid Jones, Jr. , Attorney General of South Carolina & Jenny Draffin Smith , South Carolina Office of The Attorney General.

The State of Utah, Plaintiff, represented by Ronald J. Ockey , Attorney General of Utah.

The Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiff, represented by Sarah Oxenham Allen , Office of The Attorney General.

The State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff, represented by Gwendolyn Jean Cooley , Wisonsin Department of Justice.

The State of Alabama, Consolidated Plaintiff, Pro Se.

The State of Delaware, Consolidated Plaintiff, Pro Se.

The State of Indiana, Consolidated Plaintiff, Pro Se.

The State of Nebraska, Consolidated Plaintiff, represented by Gregory John Walklin , Nebraska Attorney General's Office.

The State of New York, Consolidated Plaintiff, represented by Eric Jonathan Stock , Hogan Lovells US LLP.

The State of Wisconsin, Consolidated Plaintiff, represented by Gwendolyn Jean Cooley , Wisonsin Department of Justice.

Class Plaintiffs, Consolidated Plaintiff, represented by Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll & Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.

Katrina Key, Movant, represented by Christopher M. Burke , Scott + Scott, LLP & Richard S. Frankowski , Burnham Brown.

MacMillian, Inc, Defendant, represented by Alexandra Shear , Sidley Austin LLP & Joel M. Mitnick , Sidley Austin LLP.

Harpercollins Publishers, Defendant, represented by Clifford Hank Aronson , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Paul Madison Eckles , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Raoul Dion Kennedy , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Richard Stephen Horvath, Jr. , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom LLP & Shepard Goldfein , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Penguin Group USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by Allison Sheedy , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Daniel F. McInnis , Thompson Hine LLP, David A. Donohoe , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Gregory J. Granitto , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Mollie Mcgowan Lemberg , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Reginald David Steer , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Random House Inc., Defendant, represented by Saul P Morgenstern , Kaye Scholer LLP.

Apple Inc., Defendant, represented by Christine Louise Demana , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Daniel S. Floyd , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Daniel G. Swanson , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Gail Lees , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Hane Lee Kim , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Jay Srinivasan , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Lawrence Jay Zweifach , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Lisa Heather Rubin , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Orin Snyder , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP & Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP.

Hachette Book Group, Defendant, represented by Samuel Joseph Rubin , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Timothy P. Harkness , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP & Walter B. Stuart, IV , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Amazon.Com, Inc., Defendant, represented by Jeffrey Ross Wang , Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, Michael Edward Kipling , Kipling Law Group PLLC & Robert David Kaplan , Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler and Adelman.

Barnes & Noble Inc., Defendant, represented by David Boies, II , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Julia Carolyn Hamilton , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP & William A. Isaacson , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP.

Harpercollins publishers, inc.;, Defendant, represented by Raoul Dion Kennedy , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Paul Madison Eckles , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Richard Stephen Horvath, Jr. , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom LLP.

Macmillan Publishers, Inc.., Defendant, represented by Joel M. Mitnick , Sidley Austin LLP & Alexandra Shear , Sidley Austin LLP.

Hachette Digital, Inc., Defendant, represented by Walter B. Stuart, IV , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Hiram Robert Andrews , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Richard Sutton Snyder, Sr. , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Us LLP & Samuel Joseph Rubin , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Hachette Livre SA, Defendant, represented by Walter B. Stuart, IV , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Hiram Robert Andrews , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Richard Sutton Snyder, Sr. , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Us LLP & Samuel Joseph Rubin , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, Defendant, represented by Joel M. Mitnick , Sidley Austin LLP, Alexandra Shear , Sidley Austin LLP & John J. Lavelle , Sidley Austin LLP.

Hachette Book Group, Inc., Defendant, represented by Walter B. Stuart, IV , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Hiram Robert Andrews , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Richard Sutton Snyder, Sr. , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Us LLP, Samuel Joseph Rubin , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP & Timothy P. Harkness , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C., Defendant, represented by Matthew Michael Martino , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Shepard Goldfein , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Hachette Digital, Inc., Defendant, represented by Walter B. Stuart, IV , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Hiram Robert Andrews , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, Richard Sutton Snyder, Sr. , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Us LLP & Timothy P. Harkness , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, Doing business as Macmillan, Defendant, represented by John J. Lavelle , Sidley Austin LLP.

Penguin Group (USA), Inc., Defendant, represented by Daniel F. McInnis , Thompson Hine LLP, Allison Sheedy , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP & Gregory J. Granitto , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Hachette Book Group, Inc, Defendant, represented by Walter B. Stuart, IV , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP & Bryan Lewis Bloom , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP.

Simon & Schuster, Inc., Defendant, represented by Yehudah Lev Buchweitz , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Eric Stephen Wolfish , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, James W. Quinn , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP & Jeffrey Leonard White , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP.

Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, ADR Provider, represented by Joel M. Mitnick , Sidley Austin LLP, Alexandra Shear , Sidley Austin LLP & John J. Lavelle , Sidley Austin LLP.

Bob Kohn, Objector, represented by Steven Brower , Buchalter Nemer.

Rebecca L. Rossman, Interested Party, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP & Jeffrey Scott Goldenberg , Goldenberg Schneider, Lpa.

Baker & Taylor, Inc., Interested Party, represented by Evan Glassman , Steptoe & Johnson, LLP & Michael Jarrett Allan , Steptoe & Johnson, LLP.

Anthony Petru, et al., All Plaintiffs, represented by Jeff D. Friedman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP & Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll.

Class Plaintiffs, All Plaintiffs, represented by Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP.


MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

DENISE COTE, District Judge.

On July 16, 2014, plaintiffs in this certified class action and this parens patriae action moved for preliminary approval of a settlement (the "Settlement") with Apple Inc. ("Apple") (the "Motion for Preliminary Approval") pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) and Sections 4, 4C, 15, and 16 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 (the "Clayton Act"), 15 U.S.C. §...

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