1. The Impact of the Inclusive Access Antitrust Lawsuit on US College Bookstores, Book Publishers, and Educational Publishers.
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Thomas, Alexandra, Dunbar, Emily, Wharton, Robert M., and Greco, Albert N.
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ANTITRUST law , *ANTITRUST violation lawsuits , *DISTRICT courts , *TUITION , *BOOKSTORES , *BOOK sales & prices , *PUBLISHING - Abstract
On July 1, 2016, the US Department of Education's "Rule 164" went into effect. This rule stipulated that: colleges "may include the costs of books and supplies as part of tuition and fees;" the books or supplies must be "below competitive market rates..." And a student may opt out of the program. This procedure became known as Inclusive Access (IA). The legality of IA was challenged in a series of 9 Federal Court cases; the plaintiffs argued that the defendants, college bookstores and college textbook publishers, violated the US antitrust laws. The lawsuits were consolidated into "In Re Inclusive Access Course Materials Antitrust Litig.; 20 MDL No. 2946, DCL; United States District Court Southern District of New York. On June 14, 2021, District Judge Denise Cote ruled in favor of the defendants, making IA legal in the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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