Key information:

• The settlement includes paying $75 million in consumer damages plus costs and fees to resolve antitrust claims.
• The money will be distributed to consumers nationwide, and Penguin will pay $7 million to the states for legal fees and costs.
• Penguin previously settled with the Department of Justice last December.
• Justice officials have also extracted settlements from other publishers, leaving Apple as the last holdout.
• The trial against Apple is scheduled to begin in June in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• The DOJ accused Apple of being the "ringmaster" in the conspiracy to raise e-book prices.
• Apple has denied being part of any conspiracy or being aware of one.

Important details:

• The Pearson-owned company announced the settlement yesterday.
• Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced that the money will be distributed to consumers and that Penguin will pay additional fees to the states.
• Overall, US consumers will receive $164 million in reimbursements for e-book price fixing.