Apple to Pay $450 Million in E-Book Conspiracy Case

Ars Technica: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Apple’s request for an appeal on a ruling that said the company was liable for violating antitrust laws and engaging in price-fixing by letting publishers set prices for e-books sold on its iBooks platform. Now out of options, Apple will have to pay $400 million to e-book consumers and $50 million to plaintiff’s lawyers, as per a settlement reached in 2014.