'explain[ing] the obvious to the DOJ in a blunt, exhilarating letter'

  [B&N appears to have found a lawyer up to the DoJ's weight. *David 
Boies shows little respect towards the branch of government.]*

B&N joins forces with superstar attorney to explain the obvious to the DOJ in a blunt, exhilarating letter
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We don't feel very colluded against by those publishers you say were trying to screw us
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-41200

http://mhpbooks.com/bn-joins-forces-with-superstar-attorney-to-explain-the-obvious/
'..."The proposed settlement [with the complying publishers] represents 
an unprecedented effort by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department 
of Justice  ...  to reject its traditional role of ending alleged 
collusion and to become instead a regulator of a nascent technology 
industry that it little understands."...'
'...Instead, B&N argues, the proposed settlement imposes a new 
"regulatory regime" that will "injure innocent third parties, including 
Barnes & Noble, independent bookstores, authors, and non-defendant 
publishers; hurt competition in an emerging industry; and ultimately 
harm consumers."...'
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/barnes-noble-complaint-smacks-down-the-doj-2012-06-07?link=MW_latest_news
http://paidcontent.org/2012/06/07/barnes-and-noble-doj/

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