A judge has ruled that a class-action suit against Amazon and Apple accusing the pair of conspiring to raise Apple device prices on Amazon can proceed.
A class-action lawsuit, originally filed back in November, accused Apple and Amazon of teaming up to artificially increase the prices of iPhone and iPad devices sold on Amazon. The suit alleged that Apple and Amazon conspired to eliminate 98% of Apple product resellers in order to boost Apple and Amazon. Reuters reports that U.S. District Judge John Coughenour refused to dismiss the suit, Steven Floyd v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Apple Inc., as requested by the two corporate defendants.The ruling means that the suit now continues moving forward as the plaintiffs get to collect evidence and the court hosts pretrial proceedings.
