From Publishers Lunch:

Justice Expected to File Concerns Over Google Settlement

The newest leak comes in a WSJ posted Thursday, which says "the filing is likely to discuss the department's concern that parts of the agreement may hurt the interests of other parties, such as Google's potential competitors in the nascent digital-book market." They say the Department of Justice has concerns that the BRR could lead to "prohibitively high prices."

The Journal confirms the earlier Bloomberg story that the settlement parties have been talking to the DOJ to see "whether the parties could revise the agreement to make a filing unnecessary" and asserts that Justice "believes some of its concerns can be addressed through continuing negotiations that generate certain changes in the agreement, according to one of the people familiar with the matter."

But Judge Chin made it clear in a letter earlier this week that there will be no delays, so Justice is expected to file on their current view today. (Nothing registers in the court's electronic filingsystem yet.)

WSJ