With the trial on whether to block Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster set to begin on August 1, the government and the publisher are skirmishing on multiple fronts with motions arguing over what evidence can be presented at trial. Since nearly all of the discovery and trial preparation has happened under seal, these filings from the past week or so provide the first public glimpses of the case as it has evolved. One set of papers debates whether PRH’s announced pledge to “treat Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster imprints as external parties in auctions for […]