You could get in on a $12M class action Apple lawsuit if you're Canadian Apple Canada
Did you by chance happen to purchase an eBook on an Apple device between April 2010 and March 2017? Probably, to be honest. Who remembers? It doesn't matter.has been lobbed against a major Canadian company — several of them, in fact — related to eBook price fixing.
"Class action lawsuits commenced against Apple Inc. and Apple Canada Inc. and certain eBook Publishers, alleging the price of eBooks sold in Canada between April 1, 2010 and March 10, 2017, was artificially high because they conspired to fix, maintain, increase or control the price of eBooks,"While courts in Ontario and Quebec have yet to approve the settlement's terms, it's looking quite likely that residents of the former two provinces, as well as B.C.
Depending on how many people come forward to participate in the claim, it could be a lot of money per person — the law firms representing plaintiffs in this case say that they've reached an agreement with Apple that will result in a payout of roughly $12,000,000 to people who were duped by overpriced eBooks.
Apple isn't the only bad guy here, though... which somehow makes this situation all the more disturbing.Branch MacMaster LLP, Sylvestre Painchaud SENCRL, Strosberg Sasso Sutts LLP, and Morganti & Co., PCHachette Book Group Canada Ltd, Hachette Book Group Inc., HarperCollins Canada Limited, HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Macmillan Publishers, Inc., Penguin Group LLC , Penguin Canada Books, Inc. , and Simon & Schuster Canada, a division of CBS Canada Holdings Co.
The suit claims that these companies"conspired to fix, maintain, increase or control the price of eBooks sold by them in Canada, contrary to Part VI of the Competition Act, the common law and the Civil Code of Quebec ."
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